{"product_id":"hancock-s-sunn-hemp-seed-raw-25-lbs","title":"25 lbs Raw Hemp Seed T116","description":"Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing legume. Sunn Hemp is used for green manure forage, organic soil building and cover crop applications. Sunn Hemp is non seed-bearing in the North American climates. It is also known to suppress nematodes. ~~~ Sunn Hemp is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing legume. Sunn Hemp is used for green manure forage, organic soil building and cover crop applications. Sunn Hemp is non seed-bearing in the North American climates. It is also known to suppress nematodes. Product Detail Untreated and non-gmo Nitrogen fixing legume Fast growing Used as cover crop, soil buidling and green manure forage Supresses nematodes **image_product** **title_product** **description_product** **price_product** Product Information Legume family (Fabaceae). Branched, erect, herbaceous shrubby annual growing 3 to 9 feet high with bright green simple, elliptical leaves. It has deep yellow terminal flowers (open raceme to 10 inches long) and the light brown pods are small (1 inch long and 1\/2 inch wide) and inflated. It has a well-developed root system, with a strong taproot. The number of seeds per pound is 15,000. Sunn Hemp is much easier to get incorporated into the soil when needed than sorghum, cowpeas, and many other cover crop varieties. Sunn Hemp is the next generation cover crop for vegetable farmers. NOTES: Sunn Hemp can be toxic if ingested by humans! Used as a cover crop, Sunn Hemp can improve soil properties, reduce soil erosion, conserve soil water, and recycle plant nutrients. When grown as a summer annual, Sunn Hemp can produce over 5,000 lbs. of biomass and 100 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. It can produce this amount within 60 to 90 days, so it has the potential to build organic matter levels and sequester carbon in the soil. It is known to suppress nematodes. Sunn Hemp originated in India, where it has been grown since the dawn of agriculture. It has been utilized as a green manure, livestock feed, and as a non-wood fiber crop. Sunn hemp is a tropical or sub-tropical plant that, when grown in the continental United States, performs like a Summer annual. It can be planted year-round in Hawaii, below an elevation","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49102543257783,"sku":"P352287890644013347","price":18.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/0839\/0839\/files\/AD6C3EC1-810B-E1C6-D523-6C7D91D62336.jpg?v=1788318240","url":"https:\/\/cozixco.shop\/products\/hancock-s-sunn-hemp-seed-raw-25-lbs","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}