Legumes
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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 |
Alsike Clover
Description
Description
- A nitrogen-fixing legume
- Better adapted to wet, acidic soils and cooler temperatures
- Requires shallow sowing and a firm seedbed
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 |
Crimson Clover Seed (Trifolium incarnatum)
Description
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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 |
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
Sow at 5kg/ac
Pack quantity
25kg
| Pack | Pack Price | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | £160.00 | |
| 5-20 | Save 5% | £152.00 |
| 21+ | Save 10% | £144.00 |
Spring Vetch Seed (Vicia sativa)
Description
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 |
Red Vetch Seed (Vicia atropurpurea)
Description
Description
Red Vetch is more frost tender than other Vetch varieties and 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 |