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STEWARDSHIP MIXTURES

 

In recent years several different schemes have been launched to encourage farmers and land owners to manage their businesses in the interests of conservation and the environment. The various schemes all have the same basic objectives and use similar seed mixture to achieve them, however the terminology of each scheme is different and as a result complicates the selection of a suitable seed mixture.

 

The HF Stewardship Selector identifies the various options associated with the Rural Stewardship Scheme and the Land Management Contract Menu Scheme and is cross-referenced with the terminology of each scheme to allow easy selection of an appropriate mixture for each option.

 

 

 

 

 

HF BEETLE BANK

Mixture Ref : HF BGM 1

This mixture is suitable for all the grass margin options but will form a very tussocky sward

MEADOW FESCUE	Festuca Pratensis
CREEPING RED FESCUE	Festuca Rubra Rubra
COCKSFOOT	Dactylus Glomeratus
TIMOTHY	Phleum Pratense
TALL FESCUE	Festuca Arundinacea

8 kg/acre (20 kg/hectare)

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HF CONSERVATION HEADLANDS

Mixture Ref : HF BGM 2

This mixture is suitable for all grass margin options and will provide a more open sward with fewer tussocks. Wild flowers can be included, adding both colour and a source of nectar to the headlands but species need to be compatible with long grass conditions such as Knapweed, Oxeye Daisy, Yarrow and Vetches.

MEADOW FESCUE	Festuca Pratensis
CREEPING RED FESCUE	Festuca Rubra Rubra
CHEWINGS FESCUE	Festuca Rubra Commutata
TIMOTHY	Phleum Pratense
SHEEP’S FESCUE	Festuca Ovina

8 kg/acre (20 kg/hectare)

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HF WILD BIRD COVER

Mixture Ref : HF WBS 2

This mixture is designed to meet the unharvested crops option and will provide a continuing and varied source of food for seed eating birds over a two year period.

SPRING CEREAL	Cereal
KALE	Brassica
QUINOA	Chenopodium
YELLOW BLOSSOM CLOVER	Legume

16 kg/acre (40 kg/hectare)

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HF SPECIES RICH

Mixtures for this option should comprise 80-85% non-aggressive grasses and 15-20% native wildflowers. To allow flexibility the grass and wild flower mixtures are detailed separately and can be combined together in any proportion to suit different needs and requirements

 

GRASS COMPONENT (80-85%)  

SHEEP’S FESCUE	Festuca Ovina
CREEPING RED FESCUE	Festuca Rubra Rubra
MEADOW FESCUE	Festuca Pratensis
SMOOTH STALKED MEADOW GRASS	Poa Pratensis
CRESTED DOGSTAIL	Cynosurus Cristatus
ROUGH STALKED MEADOW GRASS	Poa Trivialis
COMMON BENT	Agrostis Capillaris

 
WILD FLOWER COMPONENT (15-20%)

RIBWORT PLANTAIN	Plantago Lanceolata
MEADOW BUTTERCUP	Ranunculus Acris
BLACK KNAPWEED	Centaurea Nigra
BIRD’S FOOT TREFOIL	Lotus Corniculatus
OXEYE DAISY	Leucanthemum Vulgare
SELF HEAL	Prunella Vulgaris
YARROW	Achillea Millefolium
COMMON SORREL	Rumex Acetosa
YELLOW RATTLE	Rhinanthus Minor

RECOMMENDED SOWING RATE OF COMBINED GRASS AND WILD FLOWER MIXTURE

8 kg/acre (20 kg/hectare)

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