Grass mixture

[beardface]

Looking for grass mix suggestions.
Ground is heavy clay through clay loam into black organic soil. 26 inch average rainfall. Can get winter poaching due to clay and can also burn up in summer. Want clover to reduce fert. Predominately sheep grazing. Plan to rotational graze and lamb out in April. Looking for 5/6 years out of it.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

@Great In Grass

 

[Great In Grass]

@Great In Grass

Thanks for the nod.

 

[haybob]

Special meadow fescue Timothy mix with Edward Cook on YouTube

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Looking for grass mix suggestions.
Ground is heavy clay through clay loam into black organic soil. 26 inch average rainfall. Can get winter poaching due to clay and can also burn up in summer. Want clover to reduce fert. Predominately sheep grazing. Plan to rotational graze and lamb out in April. Looking for 5/6 years out of it.

This is the mix I use on wetter ground . That will take poaching and stay leafy for the sheep when earlier grasses go to head and wont tiller the same

 

[neilo]

This is the mix I use on wetter ground . That will take poaching and stay leafy for the sheep when earlier grasses go to head and wont tiller the same

I couldn’t really argue with that, for a grazing ley, although obviously seed rate is quite low (likely to cheapen the ‘per acre’ price) and I’d like to see a kilo of WC per acre (quoted rate would again cheapen the ‘per acre’ cost).
Varieties would obviously be of interest too, but all ‘late’ PRG varieties would suit me perfectly too.

 

[yellowbelly]

Been using this lately.....

......on light land though. Has stood the recent drought very well, but I'm a bit worried that the extreme heat of the last few weeks may have knackered the clover. Only time will tell now.
From your location, you can't be far from Hurrells - they have a good catalogue.

 

[yellowbelly]

all ‘late’ PRG varieties would suit me perfectly too.

Big +1 to that ^

For grazing I always like to have late maturing, high sugar varieties to give maximum leafy feed with delayed heading.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Been using this lately.....

......on light land though. Has stood the recent drought very well, but I'm a bit worried that the extreme heat of the last few weeks may have knackered the clover. Only time will tell now.
From your location, you can't be far from Hurrells - they have a good catalogue.

What does it cost ?

 

[yellowbelly]

What does it cost ?

Now you're asking
There'll be a bill in here somewhere...

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Now you're asking
There'll be a bill in here somewhere...

Its £68 on their website but thats for 1 bag . It's a good mix . Dad used to mix one similar 30 years ago .

 

[neilo]

Now you're asking
There'll be a bill in here somewhere...

What's it doing in my 'office'?

 

[neilo]

What does it cost ?

@Kevtherev

 

[oilymuck]

Now you're asking
There'll be a bill in here somewhere...

At least you’ve got a dedicated office!!!!

 

[yellowbelly]

Its £68 on their website but thats for 1 bag . It's a good mix . Dad used to mix one similar 30 years ago .

I've found their catalogue (the bill will be at @Mrs Y B's side of the office, which is tidier than mine - hence I'm banned from there) and I've written £57 in the margin so, I guess that's what we paid, ex Hurrells yard, last spring (they not far from us).
See
thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/what-grass-seed-mix.317676/#post-6937686
post #9.

I think @Kevtherev is 'the man' for Hurrells in your part of the world.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Its says £65 for 10 bag rate

 

[yellowbelly]

Its says £65 for 10 bag rate

My price was 2019 - it's bound to be different now. Their website maybe includes delivery? We picked ours up 'straight out of the mixer'.

Give them or @Kevtherev a ring, they're a good firm to deal with.
It's been a very good mix for us