What grass seed mix

[Landrover]

I've around 20acres of very light ground to reseed shortly, any ideas for a good mix ? It needs to be organic, a good weed suppression, it will be a general purpose for both grazing and hay/silage, no point sowing until we get some moisture, it will be undersown along side some forage rye seed we already have to use up. North Northumberland, light ground and south facing ! Any help appreciated !

 

[bluebell]

leave to late summer early autumn, with the price of grass seed in my opinion, waste of time and money if you dont get regular rain after sowing, if you have to have someting in the ground now better to sow a short term quick growing stubble turnip mix?

 

[Ysgythan]

I've around 20acres of very light ground to reseed shortly, any ideas for a good mix ? It needs to be organic, a good weed suppression, it will be a general purpose for both grazing and hay/silage, no point sowing until we get some moisture, it will be undersown along side some forage rye seed we already have to use up. North Northumberland, light ground and south facing ! Any help appreciated !

cotswold seeds do a good herbal mix

 

[Barleycorn]

This is interesting if your choosing seed

 

[Bill dog]

@Great In Grass is your man !

 

[deleted user 837354]

Light ground and facing the right way would be great for lucerne but you want to graze it.

Use white clover, what animals will you graze with and how?

 

[neilo]

Light ground and facing the right way would be great for lucerne but you want to graze it.

Use white clover, what animals will you graze with and how?

Would Lucerne grow in North Northumberland, whatever the soil type? Is it not more of an a English Riviera type crop?

 

[Great In Grass]

Would Lucerne grow in North Northumberland, whatever the soil type? Is it not more of an a English Riviera type crop?

I have a customer growing Lucerne in Aberdeenshire for chickens.

A mix containing Tall Fescue is worth a look.

 

[yellowbelly]

I've around 20acres of very light ground to reseed shortly,

This sort of light??.....

.....that's a rabbit scratching from a 15ac field of blowing sand we drilled last spring.
We're not organic so it may not be what you're looking for but I've been really pleased with the way it's done this spring.
We drilled this Hurrells mix.........

...........on 24th April 2019 after very late harvested forage maize.
It was lightly grazed last summer and carried 45 hoggs through the winter, until the 16th March.......

On 26th March it had 1.25 cwt/ac of Nitram.
Since 29th March it's carried 61 ewes and 100 lambs. We've been drawing lambs for killing since 5th May - it now has 22 ewes and 42 lambs left in it.
Since the monsoon stopped it's had 2 lots if rain, totalling less than 12mm in the last 2 months.
It's about eaten up now but it's been full of clover all year........

It's burning up in some places now though...

.......but it's lasted a hell of a lot better than other mixes on similar fields.
It needs some rain soon.
Best grass mix for this land we've ever had.