Undersown Maize Mix (SAM2)
Ref: MIXUM
CSS/SFI Codes: SAM2 br>Helping to protect soils during the winter, this mix can be inter-sown when the maize is at the 3-4 leaf stage. It creates a winter hardy, grassy cover which can then be utilised as early spring grazing or incorporated before the next crop.
Contents per Acre | % | kg | |
certified LOFA festulolium | 37.5 | 3.000 | |
certified TWYMAX tet. perennial ryegrass | 25.0 | 2.000 | |
certified ABEREDGE hybrid ryegrass | 37.5 | 3.000 |
Festulolium (Hybrid)
Festulolium is a natural hybridisation of ryegrass and fescue species, combining the stress resistant genes of fescue with the bulky yield of ryegrass. To provide a more resilient species, with a better tolerance of drought or water logged soils, while still providing high yielding, very palatable forage.
Hybrid Ryegrass
This form of ryegrass is perhaps one of the best grasses available to the intensive farmer. The hybrid ryegrass is a cross between the Italian and perennial forms of ryegrass and shares characteristics of both. The dominant parent determines how the variety performs in the field. Most hybrid varieties are dominant with Italian genes and the best cultivars provide the same or similar high yields as Italian ryegrass. But as they also contain some of the persistent genes of the perennial ryegrass parent they last longer. This longer lasting and high yielding silage grass has one further advantage: the genes of the perennial ryegrass parent produces a plant with more tillers and more leaf which gives increased ground cover, making them better for aftermath grazing.
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