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Llama & Alpaca Paddock

Ref: MIXLA

Llamas and Alpacas have become more popular in the british countryside in recent years and we are increasingly asked to provide palatabale grazing mixtures which suit their specific needs. Due to their physiology and grazing habits Llamas and Alpacas tend to prefer lower growing, softer and leafier plants which are high in nutrition and fibre, but low in sugars. Ryegrasses are not used in this mixture as they can be too high in sugars and cause dietary issues. This mix contains a wide variety of palatable and nutritious grasses to provide a healthy and balanced diet without being too rich. Nutritious herbs can be added to this mixture, but they will limit herbicide options for weed control once sown. If overseeding existing pasture consider MIXEQOS.

Persistence (0-10 Years)
               
Grazing Suitability (1-5)
     
Cutting Suitability (1-5)
     

Contents per Acre%kg
certified PARDUS meadow fescue25.03.500
certified DONATA cocksfoot14.32.000
certified Dakisha smooth stalked meadow grass14.32.000
certified MAXIMA creeping red fescue14.32.000
certified Gima chewings/red fescue12.91.800
certified DOLINA timothy12.51.750
certified RIDU sheeps fescue5.40.750
certified DASAS rough stalked meadowgrass1.10.150
certified TENO smaller catstail0.40.050
Units AcHaKg

£89.79 / Acre

Sowing rate: 14.0kg/acre (35.0kg/ha)

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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
Minimum order 1 acre

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Grass

Cocksfoot

A densely tufted, bluish green species, it can grow up to 1 metre in height and can create tussocks. The dense one sided panicle is said to resemble the shape of a cocks foot.

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Grass

Creeping Red Fescue

Often known as Strong Red Fescue, this common grass, as its name implies, has creeping rhizomes . It has a more vigorous creeping habit than some similar species which can help to create a dense, hardwearing turf or sward. These shallow creeping roots help it to remain green even in drier soils.

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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.

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Red Fescue / Chewings Fescue

Also known as chewings fescue, this is a fine leaved, tufted grass. It is distinguished from creeping red fescue by its absence of creeping rhizomes. It remains dark green throughout most of the season.

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Rough Stalked Meadow Grass

Rough stalk meadow grass is a very common species throughout the UK and Europe. It can be found in lowland pastures, river meadows and waste ground. Recognisable from its tufted habit and erect culms. It is generally leafy towards the base, and will fill out the bottom of the sward as it tolerates partial shading.

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Sheeps Fescue

The finest leaved and least aggressive fescue, it is found throughout the UK. It is hardy and drought resistant and will with-stand heavy grazing or close cutting, however it has a low forage yield. It is a useful species for providing a low growing, low maintenance green cover on difficult soils. It is one of the earlier fine fescues to flower in the spring.

Sheeps Fescue Species Guide

Grass

Smaller Catstail / Small Timothy

A leafy perennial species found throughout the UK. It grows on low lands to foothills and can be found in old pasture and hedgerows. Normally thought of as a smaller, lower yielding relative of Timothy. Although valued as a forage plant for livestock, it can also form a useful compact turf.

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Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass

Found throughout the UK in meadows and traditional pastures. It is said to be one of the greenest grasses found growing in the early spring, and is an indicator of land that is well drained and in good heart. The species itself is palatable, and nutritional to livestock, often called one of the traditional 'sweet grasses'.

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