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Traditional Hay Maker - Long Term Hay Ley - 70% ORGANIC

Ref: MIXHMORG

This traditional hay meadow mix is very long lasting, although slower to establish than a straight ryegrass ley, it will go on to provide good quality, bulky hay crops with low disease levels for many years. Once cut it can be used for aftermath grazing.

Persistence (0-10 Years)
               
Yield (0-20 T DM/Ha)
                                   
Grazing Suitability (1-5)
     
Cutting Suitability (1-5)
     

Contents per Acre%kg
certified NIFTY ORGANIC perennial ryegrass39.25.100
certified SENU meadow fescue30.03.900
certified COMER ORGANIC timothy23.13.000
certified TORED ORGANIC meadow fescue7.71.000
Units AcHaKg

£104.19 / Acre

Sowing rate: 13.0kg/acre (32.5kg/ha)

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Bottom Grass 70% ORGANIC (2 Kg) £13.06/Acre
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White Clover 70% ORGANIC (1 Kg) £20.25/Acre
More InfoAdd white clover to increase or introduce nitrogen fixation, improve forage quality, persistence and ground cover.
Red Clover 70% ORGANIC (1 Kg) £11.32/Acre
More InfoAdd red clover to your mix to increase nitrogen fixation and yield, and to diversify your clover content.
Herbs Mixture (0.5 Kg) £9.33/Acre
More InfoThis mixture has been designed to be added to long term pasture mixtures and provides minerals and trace elements
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Grass

Meadow Fescue

One of the larger fescues this is a valuable grazing grass which can also be made into hay. Recent thinking has altered the Latin so that the flat leaved fescues (meadow fescue and tall fescue) have been given their own genus, separate from the finer leaved fescues.

Meadow Fescue Species Guide  Buy Meadow Fescue Straight

Grass

Perennial Ryegrass

Perennial ryegrass is the most commonly grown productive grass in the UK, used particularly for livestock grazing and forage. It has been the subject of plant breeding for over 60 years, ensuring there are a wide range of perennial ryegrass varieties available commercially.

Perennial Ryegrass Species Guide  Buy Perennial Ryegrass Straight

Grass

Timothy

Possibly the most important and flexible grass species which is used both environmentally and agriculturally. It is a very common species found in pasture throughout the UK. It retains its verdure longer than most grasses and although similar to smaller cats tail, it is larger in size with wider leaves and a longer spike like panicle.

Timothy Species Guide  Buy Timothy Straight

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