Cotswold Partridge Mix 70% Organic
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This mix contains species attractive to partridge, helping to keep them in the area of a partridge drive. The inclusion of fennell will last two years if left in place over the winter.
| Contents per Acre | % | kg | |
 | certified ORGANIC triticale | 66.3 | 13.250 |
| certified linseed | 6.0 | 1.200 |
| red millet | 10.0 | 2.000 |
| certified vetch | 5.0 | 1.000 |
| certified ORGANIC crimson clover | 3.8 | 0.750 |
| Fennel | 2.3 | 0.450 |
| certified forage rape | 1.8 | 0.350 |
| commercial gold of pleasure | 1.8 | 0.350 |
| Japanese reed millet | 2.0 | 0.400 |
| certified stubble turnips | 1.3 | 0.250 |
Crimson Clover
An annual legume and true clover, traditionally sown in the south east of England for over-winter sheep keep.
Forage Rape
A quick growing, leafy brassica plant, this species provides a very palatable, high yielding, protein rich crop for livestock.
Gold of Pleasure
Gold of Pleasure may also be known as camelina or false flax. It is a multi branched, seed bearing, member of the mustard family. Historically it has been cultivated as an agricultural crop. In the Uk it is generally used as a component of sown over-winter wild bird seed mixtures and game cover, due to its ability to produce lots of small seed bearing pods.
Gold of Pleasure Species Guide 
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Linseed
For many years linseed, as known as flax was an important component of fabric and linen yarn, it is also important because of its seeds, from which linseed oil is obtained. In the Uk linseed can be a component of game cover mixtures and over-winter wild bird seed mixtures.
Red Millet
Red 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.
Reed Millet
A warm season, cultivated grass species. In the Uk it is generally used as a game cover component, providing a structural element which enables cover for gamebirds and holds up other plant species.
Stubble Turnip
One of the most popular short term forage crops in the UK. Stubble turnips are quick to establish with a good level of protein, making them ideal to fatten livestock, especially lambs over the winter. Different varieties are available, from white fleshed round bulbs to pink and white coloured tankard shaped bulbs. The small seed and low sowing rate make them a very economical way of feeding livestock.
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.
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.
Cotswold Grass Seeds, Cotswold Business Village, London Rd, Moreton-in-Marsh GL56 0JQ
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