Cover Crop / Cool season

Yellow Mustard Cover Crop

Fast brassica cover crop for open spring or fall beds.

Grown for soil cover and biomass, not leaf harvest in this context.

Seed spacing and maturity

Can I plant this now?: Use your local last-frost, first-frost, and soil-temperature checks before treating this crop as plantable today.
Start indoors or direct sow?: Direct sow into the final bed when the soil temperature, seed depth, and moisture are ready.
How much space?: 2 inches in-row spacing, 6 inches between rows, and 0.25 inch seed depth.
Best companions?: Use crop-family rotation first, then pair with compatible timing, spacing, and canopy size rather than relying on a simple companion chart.
Common failure modes?: Rotate away from brassica vegetables to reduce same-family disease pressure. Moderate moisture helps quick canopy closure. Average, well-drained garden soil.

Sun: Full sun
Water: Moderate moisture helps quick canopy closure.
Soil: Average, well-drained garden soil.
Watch: Rotate away from brassica vegetables to reduce same-family disease pressure.