Description
A mixture to replicate valuable water meadow which provide great habit for inverterbrates, mammals and good hunting grounds for birds of prey. Suitable for being managed by grazing in the long term however for the first few seasons managing by cutting might be required in order to develop the depth of sward to avoid excessive poaching. A great habitat for invertebrates, birds and mammals. If possible when cutting in late summer an area of up to one third should be left uncut until the following spring for overwintering invertebrates. This area should be alternated each year.
Where to use this mixture:
- Water meadows
- River and lake banks
- Seasonally flooded lowlands
- To encourage insects and birds
Specification
Product Name | RE3 (River Floodplain / Water Meadow - MG8 Grassland) | ||
Mixture Breakdown | 0.5% | Meadow Sweet | (Filipendula ulmaria) |
1.0% | Dandelion | (Taraxacum officinale) | |
3.6% | Oxeye Daisy | (Leucanthemum vulgare) | |
0.1% | Ragged Robin | (Lychnis flos cuculi) | |
4.0% | Ribwort Plantain | (Plantago lanceolata) | |
2.0% | Self Heal | (Prunella vulgaris) | |
2.0% | White Clover | (Trifolium repens) | |
2.0% | Red Clover | (Trifolium pratense) | |
0.8% | Yellow Rattle | (Rhinanthus minor) | |
0.1% | Water Avens | (Geum rivale) | |
0.1% | Greater Stitchwort | (Stellaria holostea) | |
0.6% | Soft-Rush | (Juncus effusus) | |
1.9% | Meadow Buttercup | (Ranunculus acris) | |
1.3% | Salad Burnet | (Sanguisorba minor) | |
25.0% | Slender Creeping Red Fescue | (Festuca rubra rubra) | |
20.0% | Crested Dogstail | (Cynosurus cristatus) | |
15.0% | Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass | (Poa Pratensis) | |
5.0% | Meadow Fescue | (Festuca pratensis) | |
2.5% | Creeping Bent | (Agrostis stolonifera) | |
5.0% | Lolium perenne | (Lolium perenne) | |
2.5% | Yorkshire Fog | (Holcus lanatus) | |
2.5% | Browntop Bent | (Agrostis capillaris) | |
2.5% | Timothy (Small eared) | (Phleum bertolonii) |
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Usage Guide
Sowing Rate | 5 g/m2 | ||||||||||||
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Sowing Time | March - October | ||||||||||||
Sowing Depth | 10 mm | ||||||||||||
Sowing Instructions | Create a fine friable seedbed down to 150 mm in depth. Carry out two equal sowings at right angles to each other and diagonally to main axis. Broadcast manually or use seed drill, rake level and roll. Ensure good seed to soil contact. | ||||||||||||
Maintenance |
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Web: germinalamenity.com
Tel: 01522 868714
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