CS AB8 / SFI IPM2 FLOWER RICH MARGIN & PLOTS (CSS1)
Use this mixture for IPM2 Sustainable Farming Incentive (Flower-Rich Margins) and AB8 Countryside Stewardship (Flower-Rich Margins and Plots), to provide an abundant supply of pollen and nectar-rich flowers for pollinators and beneficial insects and encourage natural crop pest predators.
- 40 % Strong Creeping Red Fescue
- 25 % Chewing's Fescue
- 15 % Hard Fescue
- 5 % Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
- 3.75 % Sainfoin
- 3.75 % Common Vetch
- 3 % Crimson Clover
- 2.5 % Red Clover
- 0.50 % Bird's-foot Trefoil
- 0.50 % Ribwort Plantain
- 0.25 % Lucerne
- 0.25 % Alsike Clover
- 0.25 % Yarrow
- 0.25 % White Clover
When to sow
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sow the seed mix between April/May and early September (mid to late summer is usually the best time to sow wildflowers)
Terms & conditionsWhy select this crop
- Abundant supply of pollen and nectar-rich flowers through summer
- Pollinating and beneficial insects including bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies using these flowers
- Farmland birds such as yellowhammer foraging within or on the edges of the margins and plots
- Annual production of flowers for the length of the agreement.
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB8 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
- Suitable for SFI IPM2
- Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
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