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BGM 1 MEADOW, FIELD MARGIN or BUFFER STRIP with Cocksfoot
This mixture provides the main ingredients for a meadow to naturalise. Cocksfoot adds height and cover.

Mixture composition: sheep's fescue, strong creeping red fescue, meadow fescue, smooth-stalked meadow grass, timothy, cocksfoot
  • Suitable for ELS - EF1, EF7, EE1, EE2, EE3, EE8
    • Produces dense, durable and persistent sward
    • Very hardy and drought resistant
    • Can be cut or grazed tightly
    • Will naturalise to produce the ideal habitat for small mammals and insects
    Sowing Rate: 20kg to 50kg per hectare. Pack size: 20kg
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20kg
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POLLEN AND NECTAR FLOWER MIXTURE
A mixture of nectar and pollen rich plants and non competitive grasses to maximise value for foraging insects and wild birds.

Contains crested dogstail, meadow fescue, smooth-stalked meadow grass, strong creeping red fescue, sheeps fescue, late flowering red clover, alsike red clover, birdsfoot trefoil, giant sainfoin, common vetch, black medick

Sow @ 20 to 40 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 10 kilo bags
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10kg
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Field Corners and Buffer Strips
  • An inexpensive mixture for covering large areas or use it in conjunction with one our other meadow mixtures
  • This 10kg pack will cover up to 1000 sq/m.. Supplement with wildflowers from the rest of our range
  • Wild grasses, legumes and wildfowers form the basis for of this environmentally enhancing mixture, providing a rich habit for insects, birds and small mammals.
    • Contains 8 meadow grass species along with, Black knapweed, Birdsfoot trefoil, Self heal, Ladys bedstraw, Black medic, Red clover, Ox-eye daisy, Yarrow and Sainfoin
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10kg
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GENERAL PURPOSE MIXTURE NEUTRAL SOILS
20% Sheep's Fescue
25% Creeping Red Fescue
25% Meadow Fescue
10% Crested Dogstail
10%Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
10% Cocksfoot

Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

This mixture will provide for all the requirements of the basic scheme. It will flourish on neutral soils providing a varied and diverse sward, and ideal habitat for small invertebrates
Weight:
20kg
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GENERAL PURPOSE MIXTURE CHALK AND LIMESTONE
20% Sheep's Fescue
10% Creeping Red Fescue
15% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
15% Meadow Fescue
10% Common Bentgrass
5% Cocksfoot
10% Timothy
10% Crested Dogstail
5% sheeps fescue

Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

This mixture is formulated from those species normally found in chalk and limestone grassland. Over a period of time, a dense sward is formed that provides good cover for wild birds and associated insects and acts as a good source of food.
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20kg
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WILD LIFE SEED MIXTURE
80% Cereals
10% Kale
10% Quinoa
100%

Benefits:

  • Designed by DEFRA as a wildlife friendly mixture

  • Will enhance habitats encouraging birds, mammals and insects to feed, breed and over winter

  • This mixture may last for 2 years

  • Particularly attractive to seed eating birds i.e. chaffinches, yellow hammers and ground nesting birds such as sky larks

  • Suitable for wildlife set-a-side cover


  • Sowing Rate: 35-50kg/ha Pack size: 25kg bags
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20kg
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COASTAL GRASSLAND MIXTURE CODE R1 2005
20% Slender Creeping Red Fescue
20% Creeping Red Fescue
20% Sheep's Fescue
10% Timothy
10% Common Bentgrass
10% Rough Stlaked Meadow Grass
10% Smooth Stlaked Meadow Grass

Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

The composition of this mixture is designed to withstand the worst of the coastal weather and to be as salt tolerant as possible.
The species used are those most commonly found in coastal regions where it is important that leaf size is kept to a minimum to reduce damage from salt spray.
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20kg
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TWO METER GRASS MARGIN / BEETLE BANK CODE R7 & R8 2005

15% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
20% Cocksfoot
20% Meadow Fescue
10% Sheeps Fescue
20% Chewings Fescue
15%Timothy
20% Creeping Red Fescue
100%

Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

These mixtures can be sown along field boundaries and streams to buffer them from agricultural operations and provide grassy cover. They may also be sown across fields as Beetle Banks. When establishing a Beetle Bank, use two directional ploughing to form a low ridge. The species selected will form a very dense, tussocky sward. Cut the sward frequently in the first year to encourage establishment. Thereafter top once every three years. This allows for the development of a very dense sward ideally suited for invertebrates.
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20kg
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WOODLAND EDGE / HEDGEGROW FIELD MARGINS
30% Creeping Red Fescue
10% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
15% Crested Dogstail
15% Meadow Fescue
10% Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
7.5% Common Bentgrass
10% Cocksfoot
2.5% Meadow Foxtail

Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

Because so many miles of hedgegrow have been removed over the previous 30 years of intensive farming, the habitat for many field species has declined. This mixture is designed to help re-dress the situation when sown with newly planted hedgegrows. The increased insect activity will help the grey partridge and the hedgegrow will provide protection for small birds such as the yellow bunting and hedge sparrow. The improved grass cover and hedgegrow habitat will increase the small rodent population which in turn should provide the basis for the Barn Owl to thrive.
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20kg
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WILD LIFE GRASS SEED MIXTURE
20% Perennial Ryegrass
20% Timothy
20% Meadow Fescue
20% Creeping Red Fescue
10% Sheeps Fescue
3% Sainfoin
2% Birdsfoot Trefoil
3% Lucerne
2% Chicory

Sow @ 12.5 kilos per hectare
Seed is packed in 25kg bags

The species included in this mixture will form an open sward containing summer flowering plants that are a source of nectar and edible seeds for insects and birds. The mature sward will act as a cover for the brown hare.
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20kg
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TRIPLE H HORSE HEALTH AND HERB PADDOCK
This is a superior quality equine and camalid mixture. Laminitus friendly. For new paddocks or over seed to revitalise old pastures
  • Contains: 25% perennial ryegrass, 25% turf-type ryegrass, 25% strong creeping red fescue, 10% smooth-stalked meadow grass, 10% timothy, 4% ribwort/yarrow/salad burnet/sheeps parsley/chicory, 1% white clover
  • Low ryegrass content and a touch of clover for sustainability and reduced grazing
  • This dense low growing sward is kind to joints and resistant to poaching.
  • Herbs increase mineral and trace element intake, improving palatability and digestability.
  • Timothy and meadow grasses improve fibre intake and hay quality if required.
  • Sow at 14kg per acre.
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    14kg
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    ARABLE REVERSION MIXTURE WITH RYEGRASS
    20% Diploid Perennial Ryegrass
    10% Cocksfoot
    10% Sheep's Fescue
    20% Meadow Fescue
    15% Common Bentgrass
    10% Timothy
    15% Crested Dogstail

    Sown at 20 kilos per hectare
    Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

    • The above mixture can be used where entire fields are being returned to grassland.
    • It offers a limited variety of species, but represents a more conservative approach to the regeneration of grassland.
    • Use of ryegrass must be agreed with your project officer as ryegrass is not on the approved list of species for use in countryside stewardship.
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    20kg
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    ARABLE REVERSION MIXTURE WITHOUT RYEGRASS
    10% Meadow Fescue
    20% Creeping Red Fescue
    20% Cocksfoot
    10% Sheep's Fescue
    10% Crested Dogstail
    15% Smooth Stalked Meadow grass
    5% Common Bentgrass
    10% Timothy

    Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
    Seed is packed in 20 kilo bags

    The above mixture can be used where entire fields are being returned to grassland. It offers a limited variety of species, but represents a conservative approach to the regeneration of grassland.
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    20kg
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    SPECIES RICH WILD GRASS MIXTURE
    15% Sheep's Fescue
    10% Timothy
    10% Crested Dogstail
    15% Meadow Fescue
    7.5% Rough Stalked Meadow Grass
    22.5% Creeping Red Fescue
    5% Common Bentgrass
    10.0% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
    5% Cocksfoot
    Sow @ 20 kilos per hectare
    Seed is packed in kilo bags

    A species rich mixture with a very varied and diverse blend of grass species, that will tolerate a wide variety of soil types. This blend does lend itself to the inclusion of wild flowers for further enhancement of the landscape, also providing an extra source of food for many insects and butterflies.
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    20kg
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