BEETLE BANKS

BEETLE BANK (EF.7) & NESTING COVER

45% Cocksfoot
30% Creeping Red Fescue
25% Timothy
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100%

Suggested sowing rate: 20 kg/ha (8 kg/acre)
Packed in 1 hectare packs

Formulated to a produce tall, tussocky grass area which not only provides an ideal nesting area, but also an excellent environment for over-wintering insects. An earth ridge should be created at least 2 metres wide and 0.4 metres high. The mixture may need to be cut several times during the first summer to aid establishment but thereafter it should only be cut as necessary to prevent encroachment by woody and suckering species.

POLLEN & NECTAR (EF.4)

12.5% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
25.0% Red Fescue
17.5% Sheeps Fescue
20.0% Meadow Fescue
9.0% Late Flowering Red Clover
7.5% Common Sainfoin
5.0% Alsike Clover
3.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil
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100%

Suggested sowing rate: 20 kg/ha (8 kg/acre)
Packed in 1 hectare packs

A mixture that will produce an ideal habitat for forage insects & birds. Contains a selection of pollen & nectar rich species along with non-competitive companion grasses. This mixture should be sown in strips at least 6 metres wide at the edges of fields and/or in blocks during mid March to mid April or July to August. Blocks or strips should not exceed 0.5 hectares and there should be no more than 1 strip or block per 20 hectares. To stimulate late flowering, half the area should be cut to 20 cm in June and the whole area should be cut to 10 cm between 15th September & 15th October. Ideally the cuttings should be removed.