Farmland stewardship mixtures
The composition of these mixtures is based on our 30 years of experience in wild seed production and collaborative trials work on farmland. The result is a range of mixtures that will deliver cost effective biodiversity over a wide range of farmland situations and can be used to meet the objectives of Environmental Stewardship.
The mixtures we recommend for farmland are presented with the grasses and the wild flowers in separate mixtures: this gives complete flexibility to mix and match to the objectives and budget of each scheme.
Grasses
The ESG mixtures contain the grasses required to provide ground cover and structure to sown vegetation. They can be sown alone or used as the foundation to which wildflower seeds are added to deliver enhanced species diversity and environmental benefit.
ESG1 and ESG2 are ideal for sowing buffer strips, margins and field corners and are the best foundation for wild flower sowing.
ESG3 can also be used for sowing grass buffer strips but is particular useful for grassland that is to be grazed.
ESG4 contains tussocky grasses which are ideal for beetle-banks and rough margins.
n.b. For reasons of cost and availability these stewardship grass mixtures contain native species but of certified varieties (not wild origin as with the flowers).
Wild flowers
Without a good range of wild flowers a scheme cannot deliver its full environmental potential of either plant biodiversity, or the insects and other wildlife that depend upon them.
ESF mixtures contain flower species which can deliver this potential over a wide range of soil types and situations either:
- To create species rich grassland: Sown in combination with a suitable grass mixture like ESG2, on to a clean seedbed.
or
- To enhance biodiversity: sown into existing grassland.
Sowing rates
ESG grass mixtures are usually applied at 20kg/ha to provide ground cover.
The suggested sowing rate of wild flowers is 2kg/ha but this can be adjusted to give a more dense or diluted result to suit objectives and budget.
These mixtures may be extended further with mixtures or species chosen from our main product range.
| SKU | Name | £/100kg | £/10kg | £/1kg | £/100g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESF1 | Meadow Flowers | £7,650.00 | £799.00 | £85.00 | £9.50 |
| ESF2 | Wild Pollen and Nectar Flowers | £8,550.00 | £893.00 | £95.00 | £11.00 |
| ESF3 | Legume Pollen and Nectar Flowers | £688.00 | £72.00 | £8.00 | £4.00 |
| ESF4 | Annual Flourish | £3,960.00 | £414.00 | £45.00 | £5.00 |
| ESG1 | Basic Fine Grass Mixture | £480.00 | £48.00 | £8.00 | £3.00 |
| ESG2 | Fine Grassland Mixture | £520.00 | £52.00 | £8.00 | £3.00 |
| ESG3 | Meadowland Mixture | £520.00 | £52.00 | £8.00 | £3.00 |
| ESG4 | Tussock Grass Mixture | £400.00 | £40.00 | £7.00 | £3.00 |