2014 Catalogue - South West Seeds

• Grass
• Forage
• Environmental Stewardship
• Organic
• Amenity
2014 Catalogue
Tel: 01208 881198
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www.swseeds.co.uk
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Grass, Forage, Environmental Stewardship, Organic & Amenity
Who we are
Richard Jones
Managing Director
Founded South
West Seeds in 1981
Stephen Pearce
Managing Director
25 years with South
West Seeds
Stephen Kettle
Seed Specialist
Joined in 2012 with
38 years seed sales
experience
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Disclaimer: Any information
provided in this catalogue is given in
good faith and to the best of our
knowledge. Any advice should
therefore be taken as a general guide
only and not relied upon for all
conditions and circumstances. We
cannot accept any legal liability for
information given in this guide. In
any instance where there are
shortages of specified varieties we
reserve the right to substitute
equivalent varieties. For a copy of
our terms of sale, please contact the
office.
Contents
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Short Term Leys
Medium Term Leys
Long Term Leys
Specialist Mixtures
Meadow Fescue Mixtures
White Clover Blends
Hay/Haylage
Horse Mixtures
Heritage Hay Meadow
Organic Grasses
Herb Mixtures
Varietal Descriptions
Maize
Lucerne
Arable Silage & Organic
Forage Crops
Root Mixtures
Green Manuring
Amenity Seed
Environmental Stewardship Mixtures
Grass variety abbreviations
IRG
Italian Rye Grass
PRG
Perennial Rye Grass SSMG
EAR
Early
DIP
Diploid
CRF
Smooth Stalk Meadow
Grass
Creeping Red Fescue
INT
Intermediate
TET
Tetraploid
M Fescue
Meadow Fescue
HYB
Hybrid
WC
White Clover
LATE Late
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Short Term Leys: 1-2 years
1 year cutting mixture
Super Crop
7.50 Kg Lemnos
4.50 Kg Banquet 2
3.00 Kg Lofa
15 Kg/ Acre
Westerwold
HYB TET
Festolium
1 year rapid growing short term mixture
containing Westerwolds, designed as a heavy
bulking quality forage, providing two good
silage cuts. Exhibits good drought tolerance
and responds well to high inputs.
1-2 year dual purpose mixture
Top Yield
6.25 Kg Meribel
IRG DIP
6.25 Kg Gemini
IRG TET
12.5 Kg / Acre
Packed in 2 Acre Packs
1-2 year high yielding blend of Italian
Ryegrass with a multitude of uses. Can be
sown throughout the growing season from
early Spring to late Autumn, after maize and
potatoes, weather permitting. Will produce
high sugar levels.
1-2 year protein cutting mixture
Protein Cutter
2.50 Kg Sterling
3.00 Kg Energyl
3.00 Kg Fabio
2.00 Kg Rodrigo
2.50 Kg Merviot
13 Kg / Acre
1-2 year low input mixture, benefits include
high protein and trace elements and will fix
large amounts of atmospheric nitrogen fixation
for future cropping. The presence of perennial
ryegrass with its prostrate habit fills out the
bottom of the crop.
HYB TET
IRG DIP
IRG TET
INT DIP
Red Clover
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Medium Term Leys: 3-4 years
1-3 year cutting/grazing mixture
Maxicut
2.00 Kg Banquet 2
4.00 Kg Sterling
2.00 Kg Gemini
2.00 Kg Lofa
1.50 Kg Meribel
1.50 Kg Perun
13 Kg / Acre
1-3 years high yielding silage mixture,
responds well to high inputs. 3-4 cuts can be
expected of good quality forage. Can be
utilised for grazing. Banquet 2 and Sterling
will grow in soil temperatures as low as 3°C.
HYB DIP
HYB TET
IRG DIP
Festolium
IRG TET
Festolium
3-4 year cutting/grazing mixture
Cut & Graze
4.00 Kg Banquet 2
4.00 Kg Sterling
1.50 Kg Aston Energy
2.50 Kg Zenital
2.00 Kg Innoval
1.00 Kg Kernow
15 Kg / Acre
3-4 year medium term dual purpose mixture
giving high annual yield for both cutting and
grazing regimes. Good sward density with the
benefits of low soil temperature growth from
Sterling and Banquet 2 which gives it
excellent winter hardiness.
HYB
HYB
INT TET
INT DIP
LATE DIP
W C Blend
3-4 year dual purpose mixture
Abundance
3.75 Kg Banquet 2
2.00 Kg Sterling
2.00 Kg Zenital
2.00 Kg Orion
2.50 Kg Foxtrot
0.50 Kg Glacier
0.75 Kg Restormel
13.5 Kg / Acre
3-4 year medium term dual purpose ley, more
suited to grazing, benefits from the inclusion
of low soil temperature grasses Banquet 2 and
Sterling, also with Glacier Timothy which acts
as a sweetener and adds early growth. Shows
excellent Winter hardiness.
HYB
HYB
INT DIP
INT TET
LATE DIP
Timothy
W C Blend
3-4 year grazing mixture
Early Bite
1.00 Kg Kimber
4.50 Kg Aberdart
2.50 Kg Aubisque
2.00 Kg Catabi 1
2.00 Kg Foxtrot
1.00 Kg Polim
0.50 Kg Glacier
0.50 Kg Dumnonia
14 Kg / Acre
3-4 year traditional medium term grazing
mixture, designed for full season production.
Glacier Timothy improves yield and
palatability on poor colder fields. Good
disease resistance. The clover blend will adapt
to all stock grazing.
EAR DIP
INT DIP
INT TET
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
W C Blend
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Long Term Leys: 5+ years
5+ year cut & graze mixture
Regal
2.00 Kg Solomon
2.00 Kg Aberdart
3.00 Kg Aston Energy
3.00 Kg Foxtrot
2.00 Kg Polim
1.00 Kg Glacier
1.00 Kg Restormel
14 Kg /Acre
5 year permanent +. Flexible mixture, suitable
for most cutting and grazing regimes. Very
persistent, Winter hardy. Spread of varieties to
provide a balanced sward. Clovers selected for
persistence, under long term dual purpose
management.
INT DIP
INT DIP
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
W C Blend
5+ year permanent mixture
Permanent Plus
2.00 Kg Kimber
2.50 Kg Zenital
3.00 Kg Aston Energy
2.50 Kg Foxtrot
3.00 Kg Aston Amber
1.00 Kg Comer
1.00 Kg Dumnonia
15 Kg /Acre
5 years permanent +, grazing mixture for
sheep and cattle. Especially designed for
intensive grazing systems. This mixture will
provide a dense, persistent and productive
sward giving excellent yield, quality and
palatability.
EAR DIP
INT DIP
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
W.C Blend
Traditional intense graze mixture
Traditional Permanent Ley
1.25 Kg Kimber
1.50 Kg Rodrigo
1.50 Kg Aberdart
1.50 Kg Aston Energy
1.00 Kg Aubisque
2.00 Kg Foxtrot
2.00 Kg Polim
1.50 Kg Comer
1.00 Kg Maxima
1.00 Kg Dumnonia
0.75 Kg Merviot
15.00 Kg / Acre
5+ years permanent grazing mixture to
produce high yields in mid Summer, ideal for
high or lowland farms with the inclusion of
creeping red fescue which will keep a tight
base to the sward. Excellent for areas where
fertility is a problem. Very palatable and quick
to recover. Ideal for grazing sheep or cattle.
EAR DIP
INT DIP
INT DIP
INT TET
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
CRF
W C Blend
Red Clover
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Specialist Mixtures
Sheep/beef/pig grazer mixture
Stock Grazer Special
2.50 Kg Sterling
2.00 Kg Aston Energy
2.50 Kg Foxtrot
2.00 Kg Polim
2.00 Kg Aston Amber
1.50 Kg Chicory
1.50 Kg Restormel
14 Kg /Acre
Long term grazing mixture with a high
inclusion of a White Clover blend. High sugar
grasses for palatability and Winter hardiness.
Includes Chicory, which includes minerals
such as zinc, potassium and copper, for animal
health benefits. Good tolerance to drought,
acid soils, and major pests. Does not cause
bloat.
HYB TET
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
LATE TET
HERB
W C Blend
2-3 year grazing mixture
Lamb Finisher
2.00 Kg Chicory
2.00 Kg Red Clover
1.00 Kg White Clover
3.00 Kg Aston Energy
8.00 Kg / acre
HERB
Blend
Blend
INT TET
Consists of New Zealand Chicory, a broad leaf
perennial herb mixed with high protein clovers
and Intermediate Tetraploid ryegrass, the
mixture is highly digestible and palatable,
ideal for finishing lambs. Chicory reduces the
effect of internal parasites. This mixture has
rapid regrowth.
5+ year mixture
Dry Cow Mixture
4.00 Kg Innoval
3.00 Kg Graal
4.00 Kg Tivoli
2.00 Kg Alma
2.00 Kg Sigmund
15.00 Kg / acre
LATE DIP
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
Meadow Fescue
This mixture is designed for stock
maintenance, for dry cow and young stock to
graze. Timothy is an early grass and with the
inclusion of Tivoli acts as a sweetener to the
mixture.
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Meadow Fescue Mixtures
2-3 year mixture
Meadow Fescue Cutting
4.75 Kg Sigmund
1.60 Kg Solomon
1.90 Kg Catabi 1
1.00 Kg Elital
2.75 Kg Ragnar
1.50 Kg Merviot
0.50 Kg Oldenwalder
14.00 Kg / Acre
This mixture is ideal for cutting, hay or silage.
The palatable leafy regrowth of Meadow
Fescue makes this mixture ideal for aftermath
grazing. Timothy adds early growth to the
mixture and with the late tetraploid adds
sweetness to the crop. Red Clover adds protein
and is nitrogen fixing.
Meadow Fescue
INT DIP
INT TET
LATE TET
Timothy
Red Clover
Red Clover
Meadow Fescue Long Term Dual Purpose
6.00 Kg Sigmund
1.90 Kg Foxtrot
0.75 Kg Elital
3.10 Kg Ragnar
0.50 Kg Merwi
0.75 Kg G Tribute
13.00 Kg / Acre
5+ year mixture
A highly palatable and persistent mixture
which will establish well in cool, moist soils
and will out yield Perennial Ryegrass in these
conditions. This mixture will produce good
cuts of quality hay or silage and will also
provide excellent productive grazing.
M FESCUE
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
W Clover
W Clover
Clover Blends
Cutting mixture
Kernow
35%
35%
30%
Barblanca
Alice
Merwi
Cutting blend - varieties used are larger leaved
suitable for conservation cutting
Grazing mixture
Dumnonia White Clover Blend
35%
35%
30%
Grassland Tribute
Crusader
Merwi
Grazing blend - varieties used are medium and
smaller leaved for stock grazing used for
boosting output of meat and milk from the
forage and nitrogen fixing in the soil.
Dual purpose mixture
Restormel White Clover Blend
17.5%
17.5%
17.5%
17.5%
30%
Barblanca
Alice
Grasslands Tribute
Crusader
Merwi
Dual purpose blend - utilised for general
purpose leys using a blend of small to larger
leaved varieties suitable for all livestock
grazing and for the production of silage,
haylage, and hay.
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Hay/Haylage
2-3 year mixture
Short Term Hay/Haylage
4.50 Kg Ligunda
4.50 Kg Dorial
4.00 Kg Solomon
13.00 kg / acre
HYB DIP
HYB DIP
INT DIP
2-3 year ley with the similar heading dates
helping to produce quality suitable for horses’
hay. All diploid varieties used to help speed
the drying process for hay. These are high in
fibre and low in water soluble carbohydrates
(sugars) and low in protein.
4-6 year mixture
Medium Term Hay/Haylage
2.00 Kg Ligunda
3.50 Kg Solomon
3.00 Kg Aberdart
3.50 Kg Rodrego
2.00 Kg Comer
14.00 kg / acre
4-6 year ley, which will produce top quality
hay and haylage. Suitable for horses with the
inclusion of Timothy, which provides
sweetness to the hay and grazing. Highly
desirable for all stock especially young stock
and horses. Species and varieties have been
chosen for their persistency, disease resistance
and low sugar content.
HYB DIP
INT DIP
INT DIP
INT DIP
Timothy
5+ year mixture
Horse & Pony
3.00 Kg Kimber
4.00 Kg Solomon
4.00 Kg Cancan
1.50 Kg Climax
0.50 Kg Brooklawn
2.00 Kg Hearld
15.00 Kg / acre
EAR DIP
INT DIP
LATE DIP
Timothy
SSMG
Red Fescue
This mixture is designed to supply quality
grazing with the potential of hay. Timothy in
the mixture adds sweetness and ease of
digestibility, and the use of SSMG and Red
Fescue keeps the bottom of the sward tight to
help suppress weed competition. This mixture
can be supplied with a herb mixture.
Horse Gallop/Show Jump/Cross Country
23%
Lourega
PRG
22%
Recital
PRG
22%
Vesuvius
PRG
18%
Brooklawn
SSMG
15%
Javelin
Slender CRF
100-150 kg / acre, sold in 20Kg packs
5+ year mixture
Special mixture containing Dwarf Perennial
Ryegrass, which will tolerate hard wear with
an excellent recovery rate. This mixture is
suitable for gallops, show jumping tracks,
arenas and cross country courses. This mixture
is universal and can also be utilized for
grazing.
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Heritage Hay Meadow & Wild Flower Mixture
Grasses
4.25 kg Meadow Fescue
2.00 Kg Timothy
1.00 kg Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass
1.00 kg Rough Stalk Meadow Grass
1.00 kg Crested Dogstail
0.50 kg Meadow Foxtail
0.50 kg Aberdart Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass
0.50 Kg Foxtrot Late Perennial Ryegrass
0.50 kg Cocksfoot
0.50 kg Sheeps Fescue
0.25 kg Sweet Vernal
0.50 kg Oat Grass
0.50 kg Red Clover
13.00 kgs / acre
Plus optional 0.75 kg Standard Wild Flower
Mixture, comprising:
10.0% Oxeye Daisy
10.0% Lady`s Bedstraw
7.5% Common Knapweed
7.5% White Campion
7.5% Self Heal
7.5% Red Campion
5.0% Cornflower
5.0% Corn Marigold
5.0% Field Poppy
5.0% Small Burnet
5.0% Common Sainfoin
5.0% Yarrow
5.0% Yellow Rattle
2.5% Betony
2.5% Corn Chamomile
2.5% Common Sorrel
2.5% Ragged Robin
2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
2.5% Field Scabious
Grasses & Wild Flower together: 13.75 kgs / acre
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A blend especially designed as a
traditional Hay Meadow marketed
with or without the Wild Flower
addition. The components are safe for
grazing animals and for feeding the
hay crop to stock. This mixture
requires cutting late in the season to
allow the seeds to shed.
Organic Grass Mixtures 70%
2-3 year mixture
Organic Short Term Dual Purpose
3.25 kg Ligrande
3.25 kg Fabio
1.75 kg Sterling
2.00 kg Pastour
2.25 kg Manuela
12.50 kg / acre
IRG DIP Organic
IRG TET Organic
HYB
LATE DIP
R Clover Organic
High yielding, reliable silage and grazing
mixture. Benefits from fixing a supply of
natural nitrogen from the red clover. Included
in this mixture is a dense growing bottom
grass that helps with late grazing and quality.
This mixture is also an excellent weed
suppressant.
1-2 year mixture
Organic Top Yield Dual Purpose
6.25 kg Ligrande
3.75 kg Gemini
2.50 kg Fabio
12.50.kg / acre
IRG/DIP Organic
IRG/TET
IRG/TET Organic
1-2 year high yielding blend of Italian
Ryegrass with a multitude of uses. Can be
sown throughout the growing season from
early Spring to late Autumn, after maize and
potatoes, weather permitting. Will produce
high sugar levels.
Organic Medium Term Dual Purpose
3.00kg Solid
3.10kg Premium
3.00kg Calibra
2.40kg Cancan
0.50kg Barblanca
0.50kg Merwi
0.50kg G.Tribute
13.00kg / acre
HYB
Organic
INT DIP Organic
INT TET Organic
LAT DIP
W Clover
W Clover
W Clover
3-5 year mixture
Organic Medium Term, 3-5 year mixture
which produces large cuts of highly palatable
and digestible forage. The open growth habit
of specially selected grasses, encourages a rich
clover growth. Can be utilised for hay, silage,
or grazing.
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3-4 year grazing mixture
Organic Early Bite
1.00 kg Kimber
1.10 kg Premium
2.70 kg Aberdart
2.50 kg Birger
2.40 kg Calibra
2.30 kg Foxtrot
1.00 kg Polim
0.50 kg Ranger
0.50 kg Dunnonia
14.00 kg / acre
EAR DIP
INT DIP
INT DIP
INT TET
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
W C Blend
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
5+ year dual purpose mixture
Organic Long Term
1.50 kg Kimber
2.00 kg Premium
2.00 kg Calibra
3.00 kg Foxtrot
2.50 kg Herbal
1.50 kg Pardus
1.00 kg Ragnar
0.50 kg Barblanca
0.50 kg Merwi
0.50 kg G.Tribute
15.00 kg / acre
EAR DIP
INT DIP
INT TET
LATE DIP
LATE TET
M Fescue
Timothy
W Clover
W Clover
W Clover
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
This is a mixture which avoids early
heading and stemmy grasses, opting for
the lower growing, dense leafy types. The
prostrate growing grasses add superior
quality and digestibility to the sward.
These grasses have been selected for good
long term disease resistance, providing
persistent and high yielding grass year
after year. This highly palatable, digestible
and grazeable forage can also be cut for
hay or silage
5+ year cut & grazing mixture
Organic Regal
2.00 kg Premium
3.20 kg Aberdart
1.80 kg Birger
3.00 kg Foxtrot
2.00 kg Polim
1.00 kg Pagnar
1.00 kg Restormel
14.00 kg / acre
3-4 year traditional medium term grazing
mixture, designed for full season
production. Glacier Timothy improves
yield and palatability on poor colder fields.
Good disease resistance. The clover blend
will adapt to all stock grazing. The use of
tetraploids increases the sugar level in the
mixture. Using Foxtrot adds bottom to the
ley to compete against the weeds. Suitable
for cattle and sheep grazing.
INT DIP
Organic
INT DIP
INT TET
Organic
LATE DIP
Organic
LATE TET Organic
Timothy
Organic
W CLOVER
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5 year permanent +. Flexible mixture,
suitable for most cutting and grazing
regimes. Very persistent, Winter hardy.
Spread of varieties to provide a balanced
sward. Clovers selected for persistence,
under long term dual purpose
management. Timothy acts as an early
grass helping to spread production across
the growing season.
2-3 year mixture
Organic Meadow Fescue Cutting
4.80 kg Minto
1.60 kg Premium
2.20 kg Calibra
1.00 kg Herbal
2.40 kg Ragnar
1.50 kg Merviot
0.50 kg Merian
14.00 kg / acre
M.Fescue
INT DIP
INT TET
LATE TET
Timothy
R Clover
R Clover
Organic
Organic
Organic
Organic
This mixture is ideal for cutting hay or
silage. The palatable leafy regrowth of the
Meadow Fescue makes this mixture ideal
for aftermath grazing. Timothy adds early
grass and with the late tetraploid adds
sweetness to the crop. Red Clover adds
protein and is nitrogen fixing.
Organic Meadow Fescue Long Term Dual Purpose
6.00 kg Minto
1.90 kg Foxtrot
0.75 kg Polim
3.10 kg Ragnar
0.50 kg Merwi
0.75 kg G.Tribute
13.00 kg / acre
M.Fescue
LATE DIP
LATE TET
Timothy
W Clover
W Clover
Organic
Organic
A highly palatable and persistent mixture
which will establish well in cool, moist
soils and will out yield Perennial Ryegrass
in these conditions. This mixture will
produce good cuts of quality hay or silage
and will also provide excellent productive
grazing
One season SOS
Organic SOS
8.10 kg Lemnos
18.90 kg Ereica
27.00 kg / acre
5+ year mixture
Westerwolds
Vetch
Organic
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A grass with a very fast growth rate. With
the inclusion of vetches, a member of the
pea family, will fix good levels of
nitrogen. This mix will offer high yields
of good protein. Can be used as a clamp
filler or as a fertility enhancer
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Herb Mixtures
Mixed stock
Herb Mixture “A” - 50% Chicory
50% Chicory
10% Sheeps Parsley
25% Sheeps Burnet
10% Ribgrass
5% Yarrow
Chicory based herb mixture which helps to
increase milk production, promotes higher
weight gains in lambs and beef. Drought
tolerant, other herbs help with deep rooting
and providing minerals and trace elements.
Chicory is best known as a stock wormer.
Herb Mixture “B” - 25% Sheep’s Burnet
25% Sheeps Burnet
25% Sheeps Parsley
25% Sainfoin
10% Plantain
5% Chicory
5% Yarrow
5% Ribgrass
Quality mixture offers a range of herb
diversity producing minerals and trace
elements for all stock types, deep rooting
species, sainfoin is very palatable. Herb
mixtures are best utilised in grazing mixtures.
Herbs require a soil temperature of at least
10°C for the best results.
Horse and Pony
Herb Mixture “C” - 20% Chicory
20% Chicory
20% Sainfoin
15% Salad Burnet
10% Sheeps Parsley
10% Ribgrass
10% Plantain
5% Yarrow
5% Dandelion
5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
Mixed stock
Suitable for horses and other stock. Good
diversity producing very high levels of
minerals and trace elements. Chicory is best
known as a stock wormer. A very palatable
mixture. Herb mixtures need to be sown when
the soil temperature reaches 10°C for the best
results.
All herb mixtures can be either included in any
grass mixture, or sold separately.
Herbs can also be added or mixed to
customers’ own prescription.
Sow @ 250-500gms per acre.
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Varietal Descriptions
Westerwolds
Lemnos
Annual grass which will provide at least two cuts in its harvest year.
High sugar and high digestibility. Can be used for fresh feeding,
silage or hay production. Very vigorous to establish, responds well to
high inputs and exhibits excellent drought tolerance.
Italian Ryegrass
Meribel
Dip
Fabio
Tet
Gemini
Tet
One of the more dense Italian Ryegrasses with a high yield ranking in
both harvest years. High D values.
Excellent yielding variety with high dry matter in the first and
subsequent cuts. Good disease resistance especially to Crown Rust.
Winter hardy.
Excellent total annual yields and high D value in the first and second
conservation cuts.
Hybrids
Dorial
Ligunda
Banquet2
Solid
Sterling
Lofa
Dip
Ideal variety for hay or haylage due to its lower moisture content. Good
resistance to Crown Rust and other diseases. Very fast emergence
and denser in growth habit to other Hybrid perennial types.
Dip
High yielding, winter hardy, excellent growth and good re-growth,
will yield well for 3-4 years, outperforming many perennials.
Excellent for hay meadow mixtures being one of the only Diploid
Hybrid varieties available.
Tet
Highly persistent tetraploid which is a strong perennial type.
Establishes quickly adding bottom and sward density. Bred for high
sugars and good digestibility. Excellent dry matter production,
amazing cold soil growth will grow at temperatures as low as 3
degrees, extending the growing season
Tet
Good ground cover and excellent `D` value. High first cut yield very
high second cut `D` value. Winter hardy, excellent resistance to
Crown Rust and other disease.
Tet
Highly persistent tetraploid variety, 93.3% perennial and 6.7% Italian
cross. This variety has high tiller density and excellent recovery from
grazing. Sterling also carries a gene which allows it to grow at very
low temperatures at the start and end of the season allowing a longer
growing period. This variety has been trialled by Kingshay Farming
Trust and has significant quality advantages over NIAB
recommended varieties.
Festolium A tall fescue Italian ryegrass cross, back–crossed with a hybrid
ryegrass. Very palatable and high sugar content, long period between
the start of growth and ear emergence giving a long period of utilisation
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Perun
Festolium A meadow fescue Italian ryegrass cross, morphologically resembling
Italian ryegrass but, like meadow fescue, can last several years. Good
resistance to disease and winter hardy. High protein with good sugar
content
Early
Kimber
Dip
Very high first cut yield, high digestibility in both grazing and
conservation management, good resistance to Crown Rust and
excellent ground cover.
Intermediate
Aberdart
Dip
Premium
Dip
Rodrigo
Dip
Solomon
Dip
Zenital
Aston
Energy
Aubisque
Dip
Tet
Birger
Tet
Calibra
Tet
Catabi 1
Tet
Elital
Tet
Orion
Tet
Tet
A high yielding , high sugar variety, late flowering, excellent all round
production. Good persistence.
Good yields under grazing and conservation. Above average Spring
yields under simulated grazing management. Very good disease
resistance.
Very high yielding variety with excellent Winter hardiness and disease
resistance, one of the best varieties in this category in Europe.
High digestible fibre and feed value, good disease resistance, high
yields of grazing and conservation grass with excellent ground cover.
Produces grass throughout the growing season.
High yielding, good first cuts, high yields of DM.
High yielding variety. High digestibility, good persistency, increased
tiller density, very good disease resistance. Good all round variety.
Very high yielding variety. Good all round variety, high digestibility,
good persistency, increased tiller density, very good disease resistance.
Bred in Sweden and specific variety for ORGANIC use. Superb
disease resistance with good proteins and the ability to yield even in
lower fertility soils.
High sugar grass, making it very palatable and good Winter hardiness.
Good early growth and the ability to recover quickly from cutting or
grazing. Good disease resistance especially to Crown Rust.
Excellent high yield under conservation and grazing, high ‘D’ values
on first and second cuts. Very good disease resistance
Excellent variety, good ‘D’ value midseason and conservation, good
disease resistance. Very good ground cover
Excellent good all round variety, good persistency, Winter hardy and
good sward density, excellent Spring growth, yield and disease
resistance.
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Late
Cancan
Dip
Foxtrot
Dip
Graal
Dip
Innoval
Dip
Pastour
Dip
Aston
Amber
Herbal
Tet
Polim
Tet
Tivoli
Tet
Tet
High producing late variety for both conservation and grazing.
Excellent disease resistance and good ground cover.
High sugar variety. Exceptionally high yields under simulated grazing
management. Good persistency and Winter hardy.
Very successful and prostrate growing variety. Very dense and high
performing, especially useful for long term grazing. Good overall
persistence
High yielding, late heading variety. Good persistency, Winter hardy
and good ground cover. Excellent disease resistance.
High yielding variety for grazing and conservation. Excellent summer
production, very persistent and exceptional Crown Rust resistance.
Good ground cover.
High yielding under both grazing and conservation regimes, excellent
Crown Rust resistance, good ground cover.
Good grazing variety, high yields throughout the growing season.
Excellent conservation yields. Very high `D` values 1st, 2nd and 3rd
cuts. Above average ground cover, winter hardy and excellent disease
resistance.
Excellent all round quality grass. Very high yields. Excellent Crown
Rust resistance. Very palatable when grazed and can help to bring in
huge amounts of quality silage. A variety used widely across Europe.
Quality grazing and conservation variety. Early Spring growth and
excellent Summer growth. High in sugar with good digestibility.
Good Winter hardiness and persistent.
Meadow Fescue
Pradus
Minto
Sigmund
Late maturing variety giving superior quality and high yields.
Excellent winter hardiness, forms a denser sward than other traditional
varieties. Like all Meadow Fescue, this variety excels under cool moist
soils and also tolerates hot dry conditions. Offers good palatability due
to good disease resistance.
Very popular variety across Europe as an ORGANIC variety, due to
its high yield and good protein levels in low input system. Like all
Meadow Fescue, this variety excels under cool moist soils and also
tolerates hot dry conditions, offers good palatability due to good
disease resistance.
Very persistent grass, very Winter hardy. Will grow in cooler
temperatures. Early Spring growth, suitable for grazing or cutting.
Prefers moist ground.
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Timothy
Alma
Climax
Comer
Glacier
Ragnar
Above average yields with excellent palatability and disease
resistance. Very flexible variety and will grow in a range of soil types,
preferring damp soils.
Intermediate type, 7-10 days later than the earlier varieties. High
palatability and very persistent. High yield.
The yield standard of Comer compares to the yield of perennial
ryegrass. Excellent quality, good tolerance to grazing. Persistent and
Winter hardy. Upright growth, so it does not out-compete slower
growing grasses. Acts as a sweetener to all management regimes.
Early Maturity. Exceptional yield and re-growth, 3-4 harvestable cuts
per year. This variety has the ability to persist under more intensive
cutting.
Excellent yield, very persistent under grazing and conservation.
White Clover
Grasslands Tribute
Merwi
Crusader
Barblanca
Alice
Good Spring growth and very persistent, produces good yields in
Autumn. Good dual purpose variety.
Production variety suits light defoliation. White clover has higher
protein than grass.
Good total clover yield in second harvest year including very high
Autumn clover yields. Excellent total clover yields in third harvest
year. Good Autumn ground cover.
Excellent Autumn clover yields in both the second and third harvest
year, good ground cover. Large leafed varieties are used for cutting
and generally provides higher yields.
Good Spring yields, excellent Spring & Autumn ground cover. Good
under hard defoliation.
Red Clover
Manuela
Merviot
Merian
Oldenwalder
Taller variety of red Clover with excellent green matter yield. Has
high regrowth intensity, good leaf/stem ratio. High crude protein
Above average protein content, good ground cover, generally only
three years persistence, red clovers suit short term cutting or dual
purpose leys.
A natural successor to Merviot, which has been popular throughout
Europe for more than 40 years. Merian has better persistence than
Merviot with a growth habit that is more branching. Very high yield
potential and competitive in grass ley mixtures.
Good cutting yields. Red clover swards can fix up to 200Kg/Ha of
nitrogen.
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Maize
Maize needs to be grown in an area where it will
get sufficient heat units to mature. South facing
fields with warm soils are favourable. Aim for a
ph. of 6.2 –6.5. Sow when the soil temperature
has reached at least 6°C. Weeds are a major
problem and need constant monitoring and
treatment applied. Sowing usually starts
around Mid-April until Mid-May. Seed rates
vary according to the variety but need to be
planted at a depth of about 2 inches into
moist ground. Sufficient fertiliser should be
applied, FYM, MAP or DAP and follow up
applications of N should be considered.
If you’d like a copy
of our new Maize
and/or Game Cover
catalogues for 2014
just give us a call
on 01208 881198
Lucerne
Lucerne is a high protein crop which will produce up to 4 cuts a year for a duration of 5
years. The crop has deep tap roots which will search out moisture. This crop is well suited to
sandy or other free draining soil types. Optimum ph. range is 6.2 –7.8.
Sown from April—Mid August. Seed Rate 8Kgs/Acre.
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Arable Silage Mixtures
Lupin/Triticale Avon Mix
This mixture is well tried and tested, using a White Lupin. Sow in late March-Early May.
Harvest in late August as a wholecrop. High yields of fresh material, 14-19 tonnes per acre, can
be expected. DM 25-30% D Value 70+, ME 11.0-12.0, Crude Protein 13-17% and Starch 20+%.
Low inputs and good tolerance to pest and disease make this crop food for thought. The crop
can be under sown with a grass mixture, but seed rates of the Avon Mix would need to be
reduced.
38 Kgs Dieta Lupin
37 Kgs Logo Spring Triticale.
75 Kgs / Acre
Pulse/Cereal Mixes
Mixtures of cereals (starch) and peas (protein) can produce high yields of well-balanced quality
forage. Arable silage can typically produce 12-15 tonnes of fresh material per acre and be ready
to cut in 13-15 weeks from sowing. Sown in March it can be fed as fresh cut material in MidSummer, ensiled or bagged for Winter feed.
Mix 1
50% Protein Pea/50% Spring Barley
Suggested seed rate 85 kg/acre (50-60kg if undersown)
Mix 2
65% Protein Pea/35% Spring Barley
Suggested seed rate 90 kg/acre (50-60kg if undersown)
Mix 3
80% Protein Pea/20% Spring Barley
Suggested seed rate 95 kg/acre (60kg if undersown)
Mix 4
20% Protein Pea/10% Vetch/35% Spring Barley/35% Spring Oat
Suggested seed rate 75 kg/acre (50kg if undersown)
Organic options are available - ask us for details.
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Forage Crops
Kale
Turnip
Goldeneye
Gruner Angeliter
Maris Kestrel
Merlin
Polycaul ( Red Colour)
Protoer
Sovereign
Voltage
Green Globe
Fodder Beet
Brigadier Mangel Seed
Alpes
Bangor
Blaze
Blizzard
Cagnotte
Enermax
Feldherr
Jamon
Jauna
Kyros
Magnum
Merville
Minataur
Robbos
Splendide
Starmon
Troya
Vitamo
Forage Brassicas
Pulsar
Spitfire
Swede
Airlie
Marian
Ruta Otofte
Kenmore
Stubble Turnip
Barkant
Frisia
Samson
Tyfon
Vollenda
Whitestar
Forage Rape
Emerald
Greenland
Sparta
Mustard
Brown Mustard
White Mustard
Fodder Radish
Terranova
Vetch
Nitra
Linseed
NEW - Terra Nova Fodder Radish
“Beats Nematodes Naturally”
Ideal for Potato, Carrot & Bulb ground.
Bio fumigant ● Green manure ● Nitrogen Catcher ● Improve soil organic matter ● Reduce
soil erosion & weed growth ● Late sown cover crop ● More effective than mustard
and other bio-fumigants
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Root Mixtures
Stock graze
Pre-Christmas Root Mix
1.50 Kg Forage Rape
0.85 Kg Stubble Turnip
0.15 Kg Kale
2.50 Kg / Acre
Quick to establish with high protein. Ideal for
fattening stock. Stock should be introduced
gradually over a two week period and an area
of grassland should be made available for the
animals to return to. Sow April-September:
provides grazing July-December.
Stock graze
Post-Christmas Root Mix
1.50 Kg Stubble Turnip
0.85 Kg Forage Rape
0.15 Kg Kale
2.50 Kg / Acre
Ideal for sowing after cereals. Good Winter
hardiness very palatable. Stock should be
introduced gradually over a two week period
and an area of grassland should be made
available for the animals to return to.
Sow Mid July-Mid September: graze from late
December onwards.
Root/catch crop mixtures can be individually mixed to customers’ own requirements
Crop
Average sowing rate kg/acre
Sowing date
guide
Utilisation
period
Broadcast
Direct drill
Forage Rape
4
2.5
May - end Sept
July - Dec
Stubble
Turnip
Main Crop
Turnip
Kale
3
2
April - mid Sept
June - Dec
2
1-1.5
May - June
Oct - Feb
3
1-2
April - July
Sept - March
Fodder Beet
50,000 seeds
per pack
1 pack/acre
March - May
Oct - March
Swede
2
Precision drill
150-350
gm/acre
Grade H
Direct drill 1kg
April - June
Aug - March
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Green Manuring Crops
Mustard
Phacelia
Buckwheat
Crimson Clover
Alsike Clover
Borage
Forage Rape
Spring Vetch Candy
Vetch Early English (Autumn)
Organic Early English Vetch
Lucerne Pre-inoculated
Organic Lucerne Pre-inoculated
White Clover
Red Clover
Yellow Blossom Clover
Agricultural Chicory
5kg/acre
3-4kg/acre
20kg/acre
5kg/acre
5kg/acre
5kg/acre
2.5 - 4kg/acre
25 - 35kg/acre
25 - 35kg/acre
25 - 35kg/acre
8 - 10kg/acre
8 - 10kg/acre
3kg/acre
5kg/acre
2.5 - 6kg/acre
3kg/acre
Average DM
yield
(tonnes/Ha)
Average fresh
yield
(tonnes/Ha)
Dry matter
Crude protein
Digestibility
value
3.5
24-35
12-14%
19-20%
65D
3.5-4
28 - 40
8-9%
17-18%
68-70D
6
67
8-10%
17%
80D
8-10
60 - 65
14-16%
16-17% fresh
19-25% ensiled
68D
13-15
80 - 90
12-19%
12-13%
78D
7-10
70 - 80
9-13%
10-11%
82D
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Amenity Seed
Fine Lawn
Football Economy
40%
Chewings Fescue
40%
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Browntop Bent
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
40%
Turfgold Perennial Ryegrass
30%
Ponderosa Perennial Ryegrass
30%
Lourega Perennial Ryegrass
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
Premium Lawn
Cricket Square Premium
45%
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
15%
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
30%
Chewings Fescue
5%
Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass
5%
Browntop Bent
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
30%
Dickens 1 Perennial Ryegrass
30%
Claudine Perennial Ryegrass
40%
Sirtaky Perennial Ryegrass
Sow @ 25-35 gm/m²
Hard Wearing Lawn
30%
Dwarf Perenniel Ryegrass
30%
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
10%
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Chewings Fescue
5%
Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass
5%
Browntop Bent
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
Cricket Outfield
30%
Top Gun Perennial Ryegrass
25%
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
25%
Slender Red Fescue
15%
Chewsings Fescue
5%
Browntop Bent
Sow @ 25-35 gm/m²
Bowling Green Premium
50%
Dwarf Perenniel Ryegrass
50%
Strong Creeping Red fescue
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
Eurocrown Slender Creeping Red
Fescue
40%
Barpearl Slender Creeping Red
Fescue
20%
Bent Grass
Sow @ 40-50 gm/m²
Shaded Areas
Bowling Green /Croquet
20%
Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass
25%
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
20%
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
5%
Wood Meadow Grass
10%
Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass
15%
Hard Fescue
5%
Browntop Bent
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
25%
Dickens Perennial Ryegrass
25%
Carnac Perennial Ryegrass
20%
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
25%
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
5%
Browntop Bent
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
Public Open Spaces
Sports
Football Premium
35%
Carnac Perennial Ryegrass
35%
Vesuvius Perennial Ryegrass
15%
Berlioz 1 Perennial Ryegrass
15%
Slender Red Fescue
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
40%
General Sports
40%
Iourega Perennial Ryegrass
30%
Top Gun Perennial Ryegrass
30%
Strong Red Fescue
Sow @ 35-50 gm/m²
Please enquire for mixtures for Golf,
Polo, MOT, Airport, Caravan, and
Coastal sites
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Environmental Stewardship Mixtures
Margins (Option 1)
20%
Red Fescue
20%
Hard Fescue
20%
Timothy
15%
Amenity Tall Fescue
15%
Chewings Fescue
10%
Meadow Fescue
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
Non invasive, low maintenance species
indigenous to the UK. If used for 2 or 4 metre
strips, cut one year in five, and no more than
one year in ten if adjacent to a wood.
Establishes well with no fertiliser. Highly
suited to buffer and margins around the field.
Can be used for grass meadows.
Margins (Option 2)
Red Fescue
20%
Hard Fescue
20%
Chewings Fescue
20%
Meadow Fescue
10%
Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass
10%
Small Leaved Timothy
10%
Common Bentgrass
10%
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
Suited for lighter soils, can be used for 2 or 4
metre strips for margin and buffer areas. Cut
one year in five, and no more than one in ten if
next to a wood. Contains a less dominant small
leaved Timothy. Establishes well with no
fertiliser. Highly suited to buffer and margins
around the field. Can be used for grass
meadows.
Margins (Option 3)
30%
Red Fescue
30%
Timothy
20%
Meadow Fescue
15%
Cocksfoot
5%
Tall Fescue
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
Contains more agricultural based varieties than
other mixtures. Quick to establish. Ideal for
cross compliance purposes. Best suited for
margin and buffer strips. If used for 2 or 4
metre strips, only cut one year in five, or one
year in ten if adjacent to a wood.
Margins (Wild Flower Option)
20%
Meadow Fescue
20%
Hard Fescue
20%
Red Fescue
15%
Crested Dogstail
15%
Common Bentgrass
2%
Common Knapweed
2%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
2%
Lady`s Bedstraw
2%
Oxeye Daisy
2%
Yarrow
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
Non-invasive, low maintenance wild flower
option. Designed for field margins and buffer
strips. Contains UK native wildflowers. If used
for 2 or 4 metre strips, only cut one year in
five, or one year in ten if adjacent to a wood.
Cheaper alternative to an 80:20 grass and wild
flower mixture. Can be used as a meadow
mixture. Establishes well with no fertiliser.
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Beetle Bank
45%
Cocksfoot
30%
Red Fescue
25%
Timothy
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
An earth bank should be created at least
2metres wide and 0.4 metre high. This mixture
produces tall tussocky grass, which is ideal for
nesting birds,mammals and overwintering
insects. Cut several times in the first year and
as required in following years.
Nectar Flower Mixture
37%
Red Clover
35%
Alskie Clover
15%
Common Sainfoin
9%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
2%
Musk Mallow
2%
Common Knapweed
Sow @ 4 Kgs / Acre
A mixture which produces very high nectar.
Attracts all nectar feeding insects including
Butterflies and Bumblebees. Sow between Mid
March-End May. Can be sown in strips or
blocks but not more than 0.5ha per 20ha. To
stimulate late flowering, cut half the crop to
20cm in June and whole area to 10cm between
Mid Sept-End Oct. Remove all cuttings.
Pollen & Nectar Mixture
Red Fescue
25%
Meadow Fescue
20%
Sheeps Fescue
18%
Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass
13%
Red Clover
9%
Common Sainfoin
8%
Alsike Clover
5%
Birdsfoot Trefoil
4%
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
Ideal habitat for insects and birds. None
competitive grasses. Sow Mid March-April or
July – August. To stimulate late flowering cut
half the crop to 20 cm in June and the whole
area to 10cm between Mid Sept – end Oct.
Remove all the cuttings. Bumblebees are hardworking and versatile pollinators, and hence
provide an important service to agriculture.
They are also key to maintaining Britain’s
biodiversity as so many wild plants depend
upon them for pollination.
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Wild Bird Cover (Option 1)
35%
Spring Triticale
30%
Winter Triticale
10%
White Millet
7.5%
Kale
7.5%
Quinoa
5%
Mustard
5%
Sunflowers
Sow @ 20 Kgs / Acre
2 Year duration mixture, provides seeds for
feed during the winter supporting small birds
and mammals.The use of Spring and Winter
Triticale allows for two flowering periods.
Should be sown in minimum 6 metre strips
across the field or around the headlands.This
mixture should be well distributed across the
field.
Wild Bird Cover (Option 2)
38%
White Millet
26%
Quinoa Blend
10%
Linseed
10%
Kale
8%
Forage Rape
5%
Fodder Radish
3%
Pulsar (Rape/Kale Hybrid)
Sow @ 8 Kgs / Acre
Diverse mixture giving a range of plants that
produce large amounts of seeds. 2 Year
duration, can be sown as a single crop or
mixed with a cereal crop, Triticale offering the
best choice, sow in strips at least 6 metres at
the edge of the field or in blocks across the
field.
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Grass, Forage, Environmental Stewardship, Organic & Amenity
www.swseeds.co.uk
South West Seeds (Cornwall) Ltd
@ SouthWestSeeds
South West Seeds (Cornwall) Ltd.
Treswarrow Farm, St. Endellion, Port Isaac, PL29 3TN
Tel: 01208 881198 [email protected]
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