🌾 Oat
Avena sativa
grains
annual grass
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
moderate to high
🗺️ Zones
[3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
🧪 Soil pH
5.5-7.0
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, loamy
📏 Spacing
3-4 inches
📐 Height
2-4 ft
⏱️ Maturity
90-120 days
Key:🤝 Grows well together❌ Keep apart☀️ Sun needs💧 Water🗺️ Hardiness zone
🤝 Companions (5)
Classic cover crop mix , oat provides structure, pea fixes nitrogen
Triple mix: oat + pea + clover maximizes biomass and nitrogen
🤝 vetch
Traditional green manure pairing
🤝 vetch (hairy)
Traditional green manure pairing; complementary root depths
⚠️ Keep Apart (0)
No known enemies listed.
📝 Growing Notes
Cool-season grain. Excellent cover crop , dense root system suppresses weeds. Oat straw is the best mulch material. Rolled oats, steel-cut, Scottish , all the same grain, different processing.
🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Botanical Interests
True Leaf Market
Burpee
Territorial Seed Company
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