Soil and Animal Health Herbs Pack
Adding diversity to your leys with the Soil and Animal Health Herbs pack can increase the overall performance of a sward.
This pack’s mixture of leguminous herbs helps you make the best use of the natural resources above and below ground. It will improve your soil health and structure by increasing the mixture of plants in your swards.
The increased plant activity will also reduce your nitrogen losses and increase your carbon capture, improving your overall environmental benefits across the farm.
Benefits of soil and animal health herbs
- Suitable for grazing all stock
- Increased performance from a mixed sward
- Improved soil health and structure
- Drought tolerant
- Lower nitrogen losses and increased carbon capture to reduce environmental impact
| Germinal offers a 1kg herb inclusion pack that includes the following: | |
| Puna II perennial chicory | Deep rooted, drought tolerant and mineral rich |
| Endure perennial chicory | Deep rooted, drought tolerant and mineral rich |
| Tonic plantain | Deep rooted, drought tolerant and mineral rich |
| Burnet | Deep taproot and mineral rich |
| Alsike Clover | Nitrogen fixing legume |
| Sheep’s Parsley | Deep rooted and mineral rich |
| Yarrow | Deep rooted and drought tolerant |
| Birdsfoot Trefoil | Mineral rich, anthelmintic properties |
| Black Medic | Low and prostrate nitrogen fixing legume |
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| Sowing rate | 2.5 kg/ha (1.0 kg/acre) |
| Sowing time | March/April or August/mid-September |
| Sowing depth | Maximum 15 mm (1/2 inch) or broadcast |
| Sowing instructions | Drill into a fine tilth
Moist and warm soil conditions (minimum 5˚C) Roll before and after drilling for good soil-to-seed contact
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| Additional comments | For inclusion with Aber HSG seed mixtures or for overseeding an existing sward (3.75 kg/ha or 1.5 kg/acre) |