General Purpose Game Mix 70% ORGANIC
Ref: mixgameorg
This is our best-selling game crop which is a traditional spring sown mixture containing species selected to provide feed and cover. It is of particular interest to pheasants and partridges, but is also attractive to other wild farm birds. It is best sown during April and May into a well-worked seedbed. It is worth creating a stale seedbed before sowing in order to reduce the weed population. The mixture should be sown at 20mm. Please call for availability
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Species breakdown in this mix
Barley
Barely is a member of the grass family, it is grown as a cereal grain crop throughout the UK and worldwide. If the grain reaches the correct quality it may be used in the brewing process, alternatively it can be used for animal feed. Barley straw is also a useful commodity for livestock fodder.
Vetch
Vetch is a well known legume also known as common vetch or tares. It scrambling, smothering growth habit and frost tolerance make it a very useful winter cover crop or green manure.
Crimson Clover
An annual legume and true clover, traditionally sown in the south east of England for over-winter sheep keep.
Sunflower
Sunflowers have been cultivated for their seeds for many centuries. In the UK we utilise them to provide food for farmland birds.
Dwarf Sorghum
Although it is grown around the world for grain and as a fodder source, in the Uk sorghum is generally used as game bird cover. Dwarf sorghum is a short, stocky type of sorghum, designed to remain strong and upright throughout the shooting season.
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.
Kale/Rape Hybrid
This is a hybrid or cross of two separate brassica parent plants, the kale plant and forage rape. The resulting hybrid has the quick speed of establishment of forage rape and the winter hardiness of kale. There are several varieties available on the market. We generally stock the variety Redstart, however Swift is a sister variety with similar attributes.
Kale/Rape Hybrid Species Guide 
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Mustard
Mustard is a rapidly growing, high biomass, nitrogen lifter for growing over the summer. It is one of the quickest growing, green manuring species and is very good at suppressing weeds.
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.
| Contents per Acre | % | kg | |
 | certified ORGANIC spring barley | 29.5 | 2.950 |
| certified ORGANIC vetch | 25.0 | 2.500 |
| certified ORGANIC crimson clover | 5.5 | 0.550 |
| certified dwarf sunflower | 14.0 | 1.400 |
| certifed Shorty grain sorghum | 6.0 | 0.600 |
| white millet | 5.0 | 0.500 |
| certified INTERVAL hybrid rape | 5.0 | 0.500 |
| certified ORGANIC mustard | 5.0 | 0.500 |
| certfied ORGANIC fodder radish | 5.0 | 0.500 |
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