Two Year Wild Bird Seed Mix 70% ORGANIC - TRITICALE SEPARATE
Ref: mixwbssorg
OELS/HLS Codes: OF2.
This mixture includes cereal and quinoa to provide food for farmland birds in the first winter, while kale provides late seed in the second winter. It has a duration of two years and can safe re establsihing a bird plot annually.
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| Contents per Kg | % | kg | |
 | certified ORGANIC spring triticale | 70.0 | 0.70 |
| certified kale | 14.0 | 0.14 |
| quinoa | 11.0 | 0.11 |
| certified Fodder Radish | 2.0 | 0.02 |
| White millet | 3.0 | 0.03 |
Fodder Radish
Also commonly known as oil radish, fodder radish is a brassica, it is not a legume but it will hold any residual nitrogen in the soil, which it will then release as it breaks down over time. This species is slower to flower and go to seed than mustard and produces a deeper root system.
Kale
Kale is the highest yielding brassica and being winter hardy, can relieve pressure on winter forage. It has a high protein content and is usually grazed between September and March, depending on sowing time. It can be grazed by most livestock including sheep and cattle.
Quinoa
Quinoa has been cultivated for centuries for its small grains. Recently we have seen an emerging market to grow the crop in the Uk. While this market may expand, most commonly the plant is used as a seed bearing species for game covers and wild bird food mixtures under environmental stewardship.
Triticale
Triticale is a hybrid or crossing of the cereal plants wheat and rye. The benefit of this crossing, is to combine the quality and yield potential of wheat, with the robust nature and wider growing conditions of rye. Currently there is some production for human consumption, however most is used for livestock forage. It may also form a constituent of farmland bird winter food mixtures.
White Millet
White millet is a warm season, cultivated grass species. It has been grown for centuries for it seed, as a forage and human consumption. In the UK it is generally used as a game cover component, or in a winter bird food mixture to provide food during the hungry gap, when natural resources are exhausted.
Cotswold Grass Seeds, Cotswold Business Village, London Rd, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0JQ
