Sowing & Growing: Fenugreek

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) is a legume. To reliably fix atmospheric nitrogen it should be mixed with the correct rhizobium meliloti to encourage nod...

Sowing & Growing: Flexicover 1 Year Game Mix

This annual mix combines cereals, millet and brassicas. It can be sown as stand alone game cover and to warm up blocks of maize by sowing alongside the edge. Suitable soils: This ...

Sowing & Growing Westerwold Ryegrass

Westerwolds (lolium westerwoldicum) is a short term annual grass. It's the highest yielding ryegrass with similar forage quality to the well known Italian ryegrass. It can produce ...

Sowing & Growing: Buckwheat

Buckwheat (fagopyrum esculentum) is a short term, aggressive weed suppressor. It is good at scavenging for phosphate in the soil, breaking it down and then making it available to ...

Sowing & Growing: Buckwheat

Buckwheat (fagopyrum esculentum) is a short term, aggressive weed suppressor. It is good at scavenging for phosphate in the soil, breaking it down and then making it available to ...

Fodder radish (raphanus sativus) also known as ‘oil radish’ is an annual brassica. It will hold residual nitrogen in the soil, which it will release as it breaks down ...

Sowing & Growing Tillage Radish

Tillage radish (raphanus sativus) is a short term annual brassica. It has a deep rooting ability to break through compacted layers and plough pans, creating a better soil ...

Sowing & Growing: Mustard

Mustard (sinapis alba) does not fix nitrogen but is a rapidly growing, annual nitrogen lifter for growing over the summer. Its quick growth makes it ideal for suppressing ...

Sowing & Growing: Phacelia

Phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia) does not fix nitrogen but is a fast growing, high biomass, annual nitrogen holding crop. The flower is eye-catching, lavender to pale ...

Sowing & Growing Black Oats

Black oats (avena strigosa) are sometimes known as Japanese or bristle oats. It’s an annual species. They are similar in terms of their appearance to common oats but are ...

Sowing & Growing Grazing / Forage Rye

Rye (Secale cereale) also known as grazing or cereal rye, is one of the most effective crops for reducing N leaching over the winter. It grows quickly in the autumn making it one ...

Sowing & Growing: Maincrop / Hardy Turnip

Maincrop turnip (brassica rapa) are one of the most winter hardy forage brassica species, commonly also known as hardy turnip. They allow livestock, usually sheep or cattle to be ...