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ALL SEASON GAME MAIZE BLEND

  • A blend of 3 varieties of maize with differing maturity dates and plant types.
  • This will produce early maturing cobs and later plant types with increased leaf area providing good cover.
  • All varieties have high vigour for good early establishment to ensure sufficent plants for a good winter stand.
  • The blend offers security where adverse conditions may affect establishment or growth.
  • Treated with thiram (fungicde) and anthraquinone (bird-repellant).
  • Packed in 50,000 seed units (1 acre).
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    AMBUSH MILLET MIX

    20% White Millet
    80% Japanese Reed Millet
    100%
    • Strong reed millet provides long season cover for flushing
    • White millet will provide the feed to hold the birds in the cover
    • Ideally suited for use as a wind proof belt or flushing point around maize
    • Exceptionally winter hardy allowing it to be used right through the shooting season
    Pack size: 1 ACRE. Price excludes VAT
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    ARTICHOKES
    The artichoke is a versatile plant in terms of soil type and geography.
    • They can grow up to 6 feet tall
    • Remain green until mid Autumn (or until frosted)
    • Hold birds throughout the season
    • Can be used for permanent cover, in inaccessible locations
    • Plant similar to potatoes in ridges


      • Delivery third week of April
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    BUCKWHEAT
    • A quick growing feed and cover crop
    • Lacks frost resistance, therefore not suitable for full season use
    • Produces a lot of nectar which attracts bees and insects therefore providing interest for game birds especially partridge
    • Sow when all risk of frost has gone preferably on a south facing slope
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      DOUBLE GOLD GAME COVER MAIZE
      • a 'GRAIN' MAIZE TYPE, Selected for early cob ripeness, providing good feed value for early partridge drives.
      • DOUBLE GOLD is a shorter type with excellent standing ability.
      • This is beneficial in more exposed sites where wind can affect standing.
      • DOUBLE GOLD has rapid maturity, which also makes it more suitable for colder sites and is the best maize available for Northern sites.
      • A special selection proven in UK conditions.
      • Treated with Mesurol insecticide, thiram (fungicide) and anthraquinone (bird repellant).
      • Packed in 50,000 seed units (1 acre).
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        DWARF SUNFLOWER
        • A stiff stemmed, shorter hybrid variety
        • An effective feed crop for southern shoots
        • May be difficult to utilise by game if not swiped down
        • Best results when sown as part of a game mix or with a genuine cover crop such as kale


          • Pack size: 1 ACRE.
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        FORAGE RAPE
        • A rapidly establishing and growing alternative to kale
        • A versatile easy to grow cover crop
        • Main benefit is quick establishment, well suited to withstand rabbit and pigeon damage
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          FOUR TEN
          10.00kg Game Maize
          4.00kg Dwarf Sorghum
          14kg

          • Dwarf Sorghum will provide added warmth and cover below maize.
          • It will provide cover throughout the season and some feed.
          • Both crops have similar husbandry techniques.
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            HOLDFAST CANARY GRASS
            (Phalaris Aquatica)
            • A valuable perennial nesting cover which will last up to 10 years if thinned out annually
            • Will grow on poor, more exposed sites
            • When established will provide 3 feet tall thick clumpy plants
            • Suitable for holding, driving and a preferred crop for nesting
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            JONTY fungicide treated
            • A brassica species with the benefit of rapid bolting tendencies
            • Will provide rapid cover within 6 weeks of sowing (autumn seeding)
            • Produces a turnip like root but grows and seeds like rape
            • Jonty will grow to a height 60-90cm, producing a canopy and open bottom to the crop
            • Sow at minimum 2kg per acre
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              KEEPER KALE flea beetle treated
              • British bred game cover kale
              • Excellent protective canopy held high on the stem
              • Stiff stems reduce lodging
              • Treated with flea beetle Insectiside.
              • Very good winter hardiness
              • Sow at 2 to 3kg per acre
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                KWIK FIX

                1.50 kg Mustard
                3.50 kg Fodder Raddish
                5 kg
                • The best Kwik Fix crop to replace or patch failed spring game covers
                • A unique combination of the fastest growing game cover species
                • Fodder raddish can provide 2 feet of quality cover in approximately 6 weeks (subject to weather)
                • Fodder raddish has the main benefit of being immune to Brassica sickness (clubroot)
                • Mustard increases the cover element and prolongs the cover period
                • Will not provide full season cover
                Pack size: 1 ACRE.
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                LATE COVER MIX

                0.35 kg Mustard
                3.00 kg Forage Rape
                1.65 kg Stubble Turnips
                5 kg
                • A versatile and easy cover to establish in all areas
                • A rapidly establishing and maturing mixture providing winter cover
                • The best mixture to broadcast after cereals
                • Will grow to a height of between 2-3 feet
                • This mixture will tolerate some drought conditions
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                LINSEED
                • A quick and easy to establish cover crop.
                • Very attractive to all game birds particularly partridge.
                • Useful when sown as a mixture i.e. with kale or triticale.
                • Has some feeding potential.
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                  MILLGAME MILLET MIX

                  50% Red Millet
                  50% White Millet
                  • Can be grown straight or is ideal for sowing with game maize or kale
                  • For best results with maize, drill maize as normal, then broadcast or drill Millgame at right angles to the maize
                  • Combined together maize and millgame will provide a steady release of birds from a block rather than an explosion
                  • Millgame can provide approximately 1-2000 Kg of high protein feed per acre
                  Pack size: 0.5 ACRE. Price excludes VAT.
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                  NORTHERN STAR GAME MIX
                  • Will provide cover and feed as well as being a haven for wildlife throughout the season
                  • Contains Triticale which is beneficial where rabbit damage is a probelm.
                  • Is eligible for set-aside under the wild bird cover option
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                    OVERDRIVE - QUINOA/KALE MIX
                    50% Quinoa
                    50% Keeper Kale
                    100%
                    • Benefits from the excellent cover of kale and feeding potential of the quinoa
                    • This is the most universal cover and feed mixture
                    • The quinoa will provide high protein feed with kale keeping the birds dry
                    • Can be used on set aside ground
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                      QUINOA
                      • Capable of providing 1000Kg per acre of high protein seed
                      • Game birds attracted and held by seed production
                      • Often grown with kale to hold up under weight of seed (see Overdrive Mixture)
                      • Can be used as a break crop against brassica sickness
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                        RAPID FIRE GAME MAIZE
                        • A good hybrid selection with high germination that will provide feed and cover.
                        • Treated with thiram fungicide and Anthraquinone (bird repellant)
                        • Packed in 50,000 seed units (1 acre).
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                          REED CANARY GRASS
                          (Phalaris Arundenacia)
                          • Suitable for use in exposed northern sites with its very good frost and winter hardiness
                          • Strong stems and thick leaves provide reliable cover
                          • Similar characteristics to conventional canary grass with the added benefits
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                          SILVER SHOT GAME COVER MAIZE
                          • Selected for standing ability and vigour.
                          • SILVER SHOT provides a leafy plant that stands up through the season.
                          • Holds the cob high and provides winter feed.
                          • SILVER SHOT is a robust vigourous plant ideally suited for holding birds, providing feed and providing a crop for supplementary feeding.
                          • Treated with Thiram fungicide, Mesurol (insecticide) and Anthaquinone bird repellant
                          • Packed in 50,000 seed units (1 acre).
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                            SORGHUM LUSH GIANT

                            • Sorghum and Sudanese grass hybrid with atrazine tolerance
                            • Produces a dense cover that can grow 3 metres tall
                            • Lush is a late flowering variety developed to provide plenty of cover through the key winter months
                            • Deep roots make Lush drought resistant
                            • Lush sorghum works well as a shelterbelt for warmth around maize or artichokes
                            • Sorghum is useful for flushing as it encourages the birds to lift above the cover


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                            SORGHUM HYBRID DWARF

                            • A short large leaf variety of sorghum
                            • Very good standing power
                            • Ideal cover providing a warm holding area for birds


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                            SUREFIRE KALE BLEND fungicide treated
                            50% Pinfold Kale
                            50% Keeper Kale
                            • A combination of complimentary well balanced varieties
                            • Pinfold produces a leafy cover throughout the winter
                            • The mixture reduces risk of failure and aids establishment
                            • Will provide superb cover through to February
                            • Sow at 2 to 3kg per acre
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                              TRADITIONAL GAME COVER MIX
                              1.50kg Red Millet
                              1.75 kg White Millet
                              0.75 kg Sunflower (Dwarf)
                              3.00 kg Game Maize
                              1.50 kg Buckwheat
                              1.00 kg Kale
                              0.25 kg Mustard
                              0.25 kg Forage Rape
                              10 kg
                              • A well proven traditional mixture of species specially selected for its feed and cover qualities
                              • Designed for a full season of cover
                              • Will provide effective holding, feed and cover for all game birds
                              • This mixture will attract wild birds and game bird beneficial insects
                              • Due to the variance in seed size broadcast seed to achieve optimum establishment
                              • Eligible for set aside under the wild bird cover option
                              Pack size: 1 ACRE.
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                              WHITE MILLET

                              • Will produce a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds if grown on its own
                              • Often sown in conjunction with maize or kale to provide feed and flushing areas
                              • It is vigorous and will grow to a height of 90cm
                              • White millet is thicker leaved and has a higher seed production than red millet
                              • Ideally suited as a wind break


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                              WHITE MUSTARD
                              • Economical and the most versatile of the cover crops
                              • It is easy and quick to establish with flexible sowing dates and rates
                              • Not winter hardy but will provide excellent early cover
                              • Suitable for undersowing in other crops
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                                YELLOW BLOSSOM COVER
                                • A crop that will last up to 2 years as it is self generating.
                                • Excellent early vigour, stiff woody stems and often considerable seed production.
                                • Pheasants and partridges can move easily between stems with the dense canopy providing shelter.
                                • Can grow to 6 feet by July
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