Grow guide
How to grow Hairy Vetch
Vicia villosa
- Type
- Vetch
- Zones
- USDA zones 4–8
- Sun
- Full
- Time to harvest
- 180–240 days
- Spacing
- 4″ apart
- Density
- 9 per sq ft
- Habit
- Climbing
- Frost tolerance
- Very hardy
- Sowing
- Direct sow
- Start indoors
- 0 weeks before last frost
Care
- Mow or till Once
- Water Minimal
Notes
Fall-sow with cereal rye in 7B. Excellent N-fixer.
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