Millet and Sorghum

Cover crops for game and forage cover. Buy Online or Call 0800 883 0169 for Advice. Boston Seeds are wholesale online seed suppliers for Private Individuals, Businesses and Sports Clubs   

Ambush Millet Mix

20% White Millet
80% Japanese Reed Millet

  • Strong reed millet provides long season cover for flushing
  • White millet will provide the feed to hold the birds in the cover
  • Ideally suited for use as a wind proof belt or flushing point around maize
  • Exceptionally winter hardy allowing it to be used right through the shooting season
Pack size: 5 kilos ( 1 acre)

 

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Millgame Millet Mix

50% Red Millet
50% White Millet

  • Can be grown straight or is ideal for sowing with game maize or kale
  • For best results with maize, drill maize as normal, then broadcast or drill Millgame at right angles to the maize
  • Combined together maize and millgame will provide a steady release of birds from a block rather than an explosion
  • Millgame can provide approximately 1-2000 Kg of high protein feed per acre
Pack size: 5 kilos (1 acre)

 

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Sorghum Hybrid Dwarf

  • A short large leaf variety of sorghum
  • Very good standing power
  • Ideal cover providing a warm holding area for birds


      Pack size: 1 ACRE.

 

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Sorghum Lush Giant

  • Sorghum and Sudanese grass hybrid with atrazine tolerance
  • Produces a dense cover that can grow 3 metres tall
  • Lush is a late flowering variety developed to provide plenty of cover through the key winter months
  • Deep roots make Lush drought resistant
  • Lush sorghum works well as a shelterbelt for warmth around maize or artichokes
  • Sorghum is useful for flushing as it encourages the birds to lift above the cover


      Pack size: 1 ACRE.

 

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White Millet

  • Will produce a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds if grown on its own
  • Often sown in conjunction with maize or kale to provide feed and flushing areas
  • It is vigorous and will grow to a height of 90cm
  • White millet is thicker leaved and has a higher seed production than red millet
  • Ideally suited as a wind break


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