4 Cover Crop Straights Camelina (Gold of Pleasure) Sowing rate: 12kg/ha • Quick to establish • Grows vigorously with a strong taproot • Attractive to bees • Good drought tolerance Vetch (Spring & Winter) Sowing rate: 60-90kg/ha • Vetches fix large amounts of nitrogen that can be available to the next crop • Commonly sown with forage rye – see N-Rich mixture • Winter and spring types available Fodder Radish Sowing rate: 10-20kg/ha • Fast growing, good weed suppression • Long taproot • Large quantity of organic matter Phacelia Sowing rate: 7.5-10kg/ha • Fast growing weed suppressor • Not winter hardy. Prolific seeder • Flowers loved by bees and butterflies Lucerne Sowing rate: 20-25kg/ha • Perennial crop with nitrogen fixing abilities up to 250kg N/ha • Can tolerate dry conditions with large taproot • Excellent feed qualities Buckwheat Sowing rate: 50-70kg/ha • Very fast growing and quick to mature, attractive to beneficial insects • Not winter hardy • Dislikes wet, heavy and compacted soils White Mustard Sowing rate: 12-17kg/ha • Very popular, fast growing • Good weed suppressor • Produces large quantities of biomass • Some varieties are more nematode tolerant Brown Mustard Sowing rate: 5-7.5kg/ha • Fast growing providing good weed suppression • Has biofumigant properties to reduce wireworm and PCN burden • Winter hardy Daikon Tillage Radish Sowing Rate: 8-10kg/ha • Produces aggressive large taproot • Rapid growing crop, not frost hardy • Excellent scavenger of nitrogen • Good for improving soil structure Bespoke mixtures packed to order. Please call to request a quotation. For more information please see www.dlf.co.uk/specialist-seeds Marketed by: Thorn Farm, Inkberrow, Worcestershire, WR7 4LJ Tel: 01506 894820 Unit 3, Saxilby Enterprise Park, Skellingthorpe Road, Saxilby, Lincoln, LN1 2LR Tel: 01386 719765 forage@dlf.co.uk • www.dlf.co.uk 10 Westerton Road, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 5AU Tel: 01506 674800 Green Manuring Mixtures and Crops 2020 IMPROVE YOUR SOIL HEALTH WITH THE USE OF COVER CROPS
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