Wicked Tuff Turf Indian Mustard Seed

Cleanse your soil naturally and draw in wildlife — a fast-growing brassica that suppresses soil pests when tilled in and feeds deer when left standing.

Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea), also called Brown, Chinese, or Leaf Mustard, is an annual brassica — it completes its life in a single season — used for biofumigation, cover cropping, wildlife food plots, and soil-health improvement. Its standout feature is biofumigation: it produces high levels of glucosinolates, natural compounds that, when the green biomass is chopped and incorporated into the soil, break down into biofumigant chemicals that suppress soilborne pathogens, nematodes, and weed seeds — a natural, chemical-free alternative to synthetic soil fumigants. (Glucosinolates are the same family of compounds that give mustard its pungent bite.) On top of that, it produces rapid biomass for weed suppression, scavenges residual soil nitrogen so it doesn't run off, and grows leafy forage that attracts deer in food-plot use. Our seed is uncoated and tested for purity and germination.

Key Benefits

•     Natural biofumigation: glucosinolates suppress soilborne disease, nematodes, and weed seeds at incorporation.

•     Rapid weed suppression: thick canopy in 3–4 weeks shades out weeds.

•     Nitrogen scavenger: captures residual nitrogen, reducing runoff.

•     Wildlife forage: leafy growth draws deer for fall food plots.

•     Builds soil health: improves structure, tilth, and organic matter.

•     Clean, uncoated seed: no fillers, coatings, or dyes.

Best Uses

•     Biofumigation and soilborne-disease suppression

•     Cover crop and green manure

•     Fall deer and wildlife food plots

•     Rapid erosion control and ground cover

•     Crop rotation for soil-health improvement

How to Get the Biofumigation Effect

Timing is what unlocks the soil-cleansing benefit. Let the crop grow until about 50% bloom (typically 60–90 days), then mow it and immediately till or incorporate the green biomass into moist soil — chopping and burying the fresh tissue is what releases the glucosinolate-derived compounds. Incorporating promptly (and ideally watering in) traps those compounds in the soil where they work. If you are growing it as a food plot instead, simply let it stand for grazing or allow it to winter-kill; no incorporation needed.

Important Notes

This is a cover crop and food-plot brassica, not a turf or lawn grass and not a forage hay crop. It needs no mowing for maintenance — you either incorporate it (for biofumigation/green manure) or let it winter-kill. As a brassica, rotate thoughtfully: avoid planting it back-to-back with other brassica crops (cabbage, canola, radish, turnip) to limit shared disease and pest pressure.

Why Choose Old Cobblers Farm™?

Every bag of Wicked Tuff Turf seed is selected for high purity and strong germination, and tested so you know what you are planting — consistent, clean, uncoated seed for regenerative growers, cover-crop managers, and food-plot planters.