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 checkout immediately online with a debit or credit card or apply for a credit account today. We process all account requests within one working day and once approved (we only need to do this once), orders can be placed online in just a couple of clicks. Your goods will be delivered promptly and we'll send an invoice for settlement within 28 days.
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Crimson Clover Seed (Trifolium incarnatum)
Description
2-3 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 | £86.00 | £3.44/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £81.00 | £3.24/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £77.00 | £3.08/kg |
Spring Vetch Seed (Vicia sativa)
Description
2-3 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 | £64.00 | £2.56/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £60.00 | £2.40/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £57.00 | £2.28/kg |
Alsike Clover Seed (Trifolium hybridum)
Description
2-3 Day Delivery
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 | £300.00 | £12.00/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £285.00 | £11.40/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £270.00 | £10.80/kg |
Forage Pea Seed
Description
10-14 Day Delivery
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 | £29.00 | £1.16/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £27.00 | £1.08/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £26.00 | £1.04/kg |
Hairy Vetch Seed (Vicia villosa)
Description
2-3 Day Delivery
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 | £138.00 | £5.52/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £131.00 | £5.24/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £124.00 | £4.96/kg |
Lucerne Seed (Medicago sativa)
Description
2-3 Day Delivery
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 | £202.00 | £8.08/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £191.00 | £7.64/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £181.00 | £7.24/kg |
Persian Clover Seed (Trifolium resupinatum)
Description
2-3 Day Delivery
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 | £150.00 | £6.00/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £142.00 | £5.68/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £135.00 | £5.40/kg |
BINGO Purple Vetch Seed (Vicia atropurpurea)
Description
May Delivery
Description
- Purple 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 | £114.00 | £4.56/kg | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £108.00 | £4.32/kg |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £102.00 | £4.08/kg |