Legumes and Clover
Legumes are excellent nitrogen fixers and make an excellent forage crop as the require little to no fertiliser as a crop input. They are also high in protein which make an excellent choice for livestock.
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Buying from Farm Seeds is simple - choose your items and create your credit account immediately online. Your goods will be delivered promptly and we'll send an invoice for settlement in 28 days. No card payment required. Further orders can be placed in just a couple of clicks by logging into your account.
If you can't find what you're looking for or just need a bit of a hand, don't hesitate to get in touch.
Crimson Clover Seed (Trifolium incarnatum)
Description
Next Day Delivery
Description
- Brightly coloured legume which attracts large numbers of insects
- Excellent weed suppressor nitrogen fixer
- Fast establishing, hardy annual
Sowing rate: 15kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £75.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £71.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £67.00 |
Alsike Clover Seed (Trifolium hybridum)
Description
Description
- A nitrogen-fixing legume that is better suited to wet, acidic soils
- Can cope well with cooler temperatures
- Requires shallow sowing and a firm seedbed
- Very similar growth habitats to Red Clover
Sowing rate: 25kg/ac
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £275.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £261.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £247.00 |
Forage Pea Seed
Description
Description
- High protein forage and valuable feed source
- Nitrogen fixing properties that can be undersown
- Aids soil fertility once harvested and incorporated into the soil
- Deep penetrative roots that break up soil compaction
Sowing rate: 50kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £44.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £41.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £39.00 |
Lucerne Seed (Medicago sativa)
Description
Description
- Lucerne is a longer term perennial clover which fixes large amounts of nitrogen from the air to enrich the soil
- Widely used for green manure and has a large tap root
- Ideally suited to light and chalky soils as well as dry climates
- Supplied innoculated
Sowing rate: 25kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £175.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £166.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £157.00 |
Persian Clover Seed (Trifolium resupinatum)
Description
Description
- Grows well in the spring if autumn sown and has good regrowth after cutting and grazing
- Best used in grass or legume mixtures
- Nitrogen fixer and can also be a useful forage plant
Sowing rate: 5kg/ac
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £160.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £152.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £144.00 |
Red Vetch Seed (Vicia atropurpurea)
Description
Description
- Red Vetch is more frost tender than other Vetch varieties
- Grows vigorously in a short period of time
- Susceptible to frost and will be taken out by temperatures below freezing
- Nitrogen-fixing properties
- Superior weed suppression
Sowing rate: 20kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £60.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £57.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £54.00 |
Spring Vetch Seed (Vicia sativa)
Description
Next Day Delivery
Description
- Nitrogen-fixing, fast establishing legume
- Can be sown in the spring or autumn
- Provides a large amount of nitrogen - available to the following crop
- Best suited to dry, alkaline soils
- Commonly sown as a mixture with rye
Sowing rate: 50kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £35.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £33.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £31.00 |
Hairy Vetch Seed (Vicia villosa)
Description
Description
- Fast establishing legume with vigorous Spring growth
- Helps suppress weeds and prevent soil erosion
- Nitrogen-fixing crop that prefers dry, alkaline soils
- Commonly sown with Forage Rye
Sowing rate: 50kg/ha
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £90.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £85.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £81.00 |