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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SCHEMES
SEED MIXTURE OPTIONS
| BGM 1 with Cocksfoot 20 Kg / Ha | BGM 2 No Cocksfoot 20 Kg / Ha |
| 20% Meadow Fescue | 20% Meadow Fescue |
| 20% Creeping Red Fescue | 20% Creeping Red Fescue |
| 20% Cocksfoot | 20% Chewing Fescue |
| 20% Timothy | 20% Timothy |
| 20% Tall Fescue | 20% Sheeps Fescue |
WF 1 Wild Flower Mixture
A wide selection of wild flowers which may be added to the grass mixtures BGM1 and BGM2 to provide variety and colour to encourage insects and birds.
7% Black Knapweed, 13% Red Clover,13% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 7% Ox Eye Daisy, 7% Yarrow
3.5% Cow Parsley, 32% Sanfoin,10.5% Black Medick,7% Self Heal.
WILD BIRD SEED AND POLLEN AND NECTAR MIXTURES
These special mixtures provide variety and colour along with food supplies for birds and insects.
EF 2 Wild Bird Seed Mixture strips or block ( max 0.5ha in 20ha )
This type of crop will provide a food source for seed eating birds in an arable landscape. The aim is to provide a year round supply of food and sowing a combination of at least 3 seed bearing species as a mixture or in alternate rows. WBS 1, WBS 2, WBA 1
EF 3 Wild Bird Seed Mixture on Set-Aside Land
You can only locate this option on Set-Aside land if you do have an obligation to sow a green cover crop (ie Following maize ) Any sowings must be sown in a mixture rather than in alternate rows.WBS 1, WBS 2, WBA1
EF4 Pollen & Nectar Flower Mixture ( Max 0.5 ha in 20ha )
The incorporation of flowering species producing both pollen and nectar will enhance the food source for feeding insects, butterflies, bees and bumblebees. BPN
EF 5 Pollen & Nectar Flower Mix on Set-Aside Land
Management as for EF 4. Can only be located on Set-Aside land if you do not have an obligation to sow a green cover crop (e.g following maize) BPN
| WBS 1 Annual Mix | WBS 2 2 Year Mix | WBA 1 Autumn Mix |
| 30% Spring Triticale | 35% Spring Triticale | 40% Winter Barley |
| 35% Spring Barley | 35% Spring Wheat | 30% Winter Triticale |
| 10% Linseed | 10% T.H.Kale | 10% Oil seed Rape |
| 10%Millet | 10% Quinoa | Double low |
| 15% Mustard | 10% Yellow Blossom Clover | 20% Winter Veitch |
*Sow at 40Kg / Ha