Legume fallow mixtures provide food for farmland wildlife, such as pollen and nectar for pollinators including bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies and hoverflies throughout late spring and summer months. As well as chick food for farmland birds between April and July.
It can also be useful part of a rotation aimed at reducing blackgrass populations, where the inclusion of grasses can be useful.
Though rotational the legume fallow mixture must be grown in a way that can be reasonably expected to meet the aims of the action. For this reason, sowing is best done after harvest.
Legume fallow mixtures sown in spring must remain in place long enough to meet the aims of the action.
Agrovista Legume fallow mixture with grasses
Sowing window | April - August |
SFI/CSS compatibility | NUM2, CNUM2, AB15 |
Sowing rate | 25-30kg/ha |
Sowing depth | 10-15mm |
Pack size | 20kg |
Mixture information | Strong creeping red fescue, smooth stalked meadow grass, common vetch, alsike clover, buckwheat, phacelia, lucerne (inoculated), red clover, yellow blossom clover |
Agrovista Legume fallow mixture without grasses
Sowing window | April - August |
SFI/CSS compatibility | NUM2, CNUM2, AB15 |
Sowing rate | 15-20kg/ha |
Sowing depth | 10-15mm |
Pack size | 20kg |
Mixture information | Common vetch, buckwheat, phacelia, alsike clover, lucerne (inoculated), red clover, yellow blossom clover |