Guar: A Heat-Tolerant Legume for Summer Cover Crops
Learn why guar is gaining attention as a cover crop legume, especially in hot, dry conditions. Jake walks you through guar's heat and drought tolerance, nitrogen-fixing ability, salt tolerance, and how to use it in your cover crop mixes—from full-rate plantings to small additions for diversity.
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0:05 Hey everyone, Jake in the Noah here with green cover seed and today we're gonna
0:09 Be talking about a legume that's creating a lot of buzz in the cover crop world. That's right, today we're going to
0:14 Be talking about blog now. Pilar is the warm season legume so it's typically used in summer mixes that's because it.
0:20 Is one of the most heat and drought tolerant of any crops. When it runs out of moisture it simply stops growing.
0:26 Essentially hibernating until it receives more moisture. When it gets that big rainfall, it goes right back to grow.
0:32 In addition to its excellent heat and drought tolerance, it's one of the few crops that will actually grow in soils.
0:37 High in salt and alkali wires harvested for human consumption as guar gum, but it's used as a cover crop has shown.
0:51 Nitrogen fixing bacteria guar house around 15,000 seeds per pound and is priced at 65 cents per pound a full rate.
0:59 Of guar is around 20 pounds per acre and in a diverse mix we recommend around 3 to 5 pounds per acre so even a small.
1:06 Amount like this can really add potential when you're looking at adding nitrogen fixing or even grazing.
1:11 Potential to your cover crop if you want to learn more visit our website at green pepper seed comm or call our office at 402 four six nine six seven eight four.
1:19 Be a star and plant guar.