Nectar Rich Mixtures
Harlow Agricultural Merchants offer various Nectar Rich, Flower Rich, Herbal & Legume based mixtures that provide great benefits to wildlife and the surrounding environment. These mixtures create good habitat while proving a essential nectar food source for a vast range beneficial insect that include our butterflies and bumblebees.
These can be Sown either in Spring or Autumn and used as field buffer strip or to fill in awkward field corners.
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DISCLAIMER: In any instances where there are shortages of specified species we reserve the right to substitute equivalent species.
Nectar Rich Bronze
Butterfly & Bumblebee Mixture
15% Creeping Red Fescue
15% SSMG
10% Browntop Bent
10% Hard Fescue
10% Sheeps Fescue
7% Lucerne (inoculated)
5% Yorkshire Fog
4.5% Hairy Vetch
4% Birdsfoot Trefoil
4% Kidney Vetch (N)
4% Alsike Clover
2% Tufted Hairgrass
1.5% Plantain
1% Agrimony (N)
1% Phacelia
1% Red Campion (N)
1% Musk Mallow
1% White Campion (N)
0.75% Oxeye Daisy
0.5% Black Knapweed (N)
0.5% Field Scabious
0.5% Selfheal (N)
0.5% Wild Carrot (N)
0.25% Field Pansy (N)
100%
AB8 - Flower-rich grass margins or plots
Sowing Rate 16kg/ha
Pack size 1kg
(N) = Native species
BGM 4 with Wildflowers & Fine Grass
90% Grass 10% Wild Flowers
45% Creeping Red Fescue
15% Chewings Fescue
15% Hard Fescue
15% SSMG
3.25% Sainfoin
3% Vetch
1% Alsike Clover
1% Red Clover
0.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
0.25% Oxeye Daisy
0.25% Plantain
0.25% Sheeps Burnet
0.25% Wild Carrot (N)
0.25% Yarrow
100%
AB8 - Flower-rich grass margins or plots
Sowing Rate 16-20kg/ha
Pack Size 20kg
(N) = Native species
BGM 4 with Wildflowers & Fine Grasses
Flower Rich Margin Mixture
80% Grass 20% Wild Flowers~
25% Slender Red Fescue
25% SSMG
12% Chewings Fescue
10% Crested Dogstail
5% Hard Fescue
3.5% Winter Vetch
3.25% Sainfoin
3% Browntop Bent
2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
2% Black Medick
2% Red Clover
1.25% Oxeye Daisy
1.2% Wild Carrot (N)
1.2% Yarrow
1.1% Black Knapweed (N)
1% Plantain
0.5% Musk Mallow
0.25% Selfheal (N)
0.25% Ladies Bedstraw
AB8 - Flower-rich grass margins or plots
Sowing Rate 16-20kg/ha
Pack size 20kg
(N) = Native species
WF1 - 100% Wild Flowers
42% Sainfoin
8% Winter Vetch
7% Birdsfoot Trefoil
7% Alsike Clover
6% Yarrow
5% Red Clover
5% Lucerne (inoculated)
5% Black Medick
4.25% Crimson Clover
2% Oxeye Daisy
1.5% Corn Cockle (N)
1.25% Musk Mallow
1.25% Wild Carrot (N)
1% Red Campion (N)
1% Selfheal (N)
0.75% Cornflower (N)
0.5% Corn Marigold (N)
0.5% Field Poppy (N)
0.5% Salad Burnet (N)
0.5% White Campion (N)
AB1 Nectar flower mix
Sowing Rate 5 -10kg/ha
Pack size 1kg
Nectar Rich Bronze
35% Sainfoin
35% Vetch
8% Alsike Clover
8% Crimson clover
5.4% Lucerne (Inoculated)
4% Red Clover
2% Birdsfoot Trefoil
2% Black Medick
0.3% Ag Yarrow
0.3% Black Knapweed (N)
AB1 Nectar flower mix
Sowing Rate 15kg/ha
Pack Size 15kg
Nectar Rich Bronze
40% Sainfoin
18.5% Vetch
10% Alsike Clover
10% Lucerne (inoculated)
10% Red Clover
6% Birdsfoot Trefoil
4% Black Medick
1% Black Knapweed (N)
0.5% Yarrow
AB1 Nectar flower mix
Sowing Rate 15kg/ha
Pack Size 15kg
Annual Nectar Mixture
25% Buckwheat
22% Sainfoin
20% Phacelia
10% Crimson Clover
10% Lucerne (inoculated)
7% Red Clover
6% Alsike Clover
Sowing rate 10kg/ha
Pack size 5kg
Legume & Herb Rich Mixture
25% Perennial Ryegrass
25% Festulolium
15% Creeping Red Fescue
10% SSMG
7% Red Clover
5.6% Sainfoin
5% Timothy
3% Alsike Clover
1.93% Lucerne (inoculated)
1% Sheeps Burnet
0.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
0.5% Plantain
0.25% Yarrow
0.2% Sheeps Parsley
0.02% Black Knapweed (N)
100%
GS4 Legume and herb-rich sward
Sowing rate 30kg/ha
Pack Size 20kg
Herbal Meadow
27% Perennial Ryegrass
20% Festulolium
13% Cocksfoot
10% SSMG
7% Red Clover
6% Sainfoin
5% Timothy
5% Lucerne (inoculated)
3% Alsike Clover
1% Fenugreek
1% Perennial Chicory
0.7% Plantain
0.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
0.5% Sheeps Burnet
0.25% Ag Yarrow
0.05% Sheeps Parsley
100%
GS4 Legume and herb-rich sward
Sowing rate 30kg/ha
Pack size 20kg
Mixed Herbs
26% Sainfoin
23% Sheeps Burnet
20% Ribwort Plantain
15% Sheeps Parsley
13% Chicory
3% Yarrow
100%
GS4 Legume and herb-rich sward
Sowing rate Variable
Pack size 1kg & 5kg
Legume and herb-rich mixtures
Provide an abundance of productive grazing for livestock whilst providing habitat and food source for invertebrates and pollinators, supporting biodiversity.
Grass offer lots of reliable bulk forage with the added benefits of Nitrogen fixing ability of legumes, reduces the need for artificial fertilisers, as well as increasing the protein content which directly enhances Daily Live Weight Gain or milk production.
Deep rooting herbs break through damaged soil structure providing livestock with access to vital nutrients and minerals.
Herbs act as a natural anthelmintic, reducing reliance on wormers.
Establishment Tips
Timing - The legumes in these mixtures like warm conditions and daylight so wants to be drilled as early as possible once the main crop is harvested in August.
Moisture - Try and drill behind the combine to conserve moisture.
Sowing Depth - These types of seeds need to be in the subsurface which is around 0.5-1cm. If drilled any deeper, they will not have the energy to grow through.
Drill - A grass seed harrow seems to be the best type of drill for establishment of these mixtures.
Rolling - A light roll will help conserve moisture and ensure seed has good seed to soil contact.
Monitoring - Keep an eye out for pest e.g. Slugs and weevils.
Legume Fallow Mixture with Grass 2 Year
Agreements starting on or before
1 January 2020
66% Perennial Ryegrass
15% Red Clover
10% Winter Vetch
4% Birdsfoot Trefoil
3% Black Medick
1% Alsike Clover
1% Lucerne (inoculated)
100%
AB12: Supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds
Sowing rate 30 - 40kg
Pack Size 20kg
Non Grass Legume Fallow Mixture 2 Year
Agreements starting on or before
1 January 2021
52% Winter Vetch
16% Alsike Clover
16% Lucerne (inoculated)
10% Red Clover
3% Birdsfoot Trefoil
3% Black Medick
100%
AB12: Supplementary winter feeding for farmland birds
Sowing rate 15 - 20kg
Pack Size 20kg