Game Cover Mixtures

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Decoy Game Mix

  • Provides an excellent mixture where both cover and feed required.
  • It is easy to sow and establish as all the seeds are of similar size.
  • Ensure treated seed is well covered by harrowing and rolling.
  • Includes: Linseed, Buckwheat, Millet, Fodder Radish & Mustard
  • Sowing rate: 8kg per acre.
  • Pack size 8kg

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Four Ten Game Cover Mix

      • 10 kilos Game Maize & 4 kilos Dwarf Sorghum - 14 kilo mixture.
      • Dwarf Sorghum will provide added warmth and cover below maize.
      • It will provide cover throughout the season and some feed.
      • Both crops have similar husbandry techniques.
      • Sowing rate 14kg per acre
      • Pack size: 14 kg. Fungicide treated

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      Game Maize - All Season Blend

      • A blend of 3 varieties of maize with differing maturity dates and plant types.
      • Will produce early maturing cobs and later plant types with increased leaf area.
      • High vigour for good early establishment to ensure a good winter stand.
      • The blend offers security where conditions may affect establishment or growth.
      • Treated with Thiram (fungicide) and Mesurol (insecticide).
      • Sow at 50,000 seeds per acre. Pack Size 50,000 seeds.

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      Kwik Fix

      • 1.50 kg Mustard & 3.50 kg Fodder Radish mixture
      • Ideal mixture to replace or patch failed spring game cover
      • A unique combination of the fastest growing game cover species
      • Fodder radish can provide 2 feet of quality cover in approximately 6 weeks (subject to weather) and is immune to Brassica sickness (clubroot)
      • Mustard increases the cover element and prolongs the cover period
      • Will not provide full season cover
      • Sowing rate: 5 kg per acre. 
      • Pack size: 5 kilos untreated

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      Late Cover, Game Mix

      • A versatile and easy cover to establish in all areas
      • A rapidly establishing and maturing mixture providing winter cover
      • Often used as a patching crop when spring crops fail, will tolerate some drought conditions
      • Includes: Forage rape, Stubble Turnips, Mustard
      • Sowing rate: 5 kg per acre.  
      • Pack size: 5 kilos (untreated)

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      Millet - Ambush Mix

      • 60% White Millet, 40% Japanese Reed Millet
      • The strong reed millet plant 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
      • Winter hardy allowing it to be used right through the shooting season
      • Sowing rate 5kg per acre. Pack Size: 10kg

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      Millet - Millgame Mix

      • 50% Red Millet and 50% White Millet
      • Can be grown straight or is ideal for sowing with game maize or kale
      • For best results- drill maize as normal, then broadcast/drill Millgame at right angles
      • Maize and millgame combined will provide a steady release of birds from a block rather than an explosion
      • Millgame can provide approximately 1-2000kg of high protein feed per acre
      • Sowing rate 5kg per acre. Pack size: 10kg

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      Northern Star Game Mix

      • Ideal for use in colder, more exposed areas. Will provide a haven of cover & feed 
      • Advisable to sow in wide rows to enable birds to have free access.
      • Includes: Triticale, Tic Beans, Forage Rape, Kale & Yellow Blossom Clover
      • Sowing rate: 20kg per acre.  
      • Pack size: 20 kg untreated

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      Overdrive - Quinoa/Kale Mix

      • 50% Quinoa and 50% Gruner Angeliter Kale (Flea beetle treated)
      • Benefits from the excellent winter hardy cover of kale and feeding potential of quinoa
      • This is the most universal cover and feed mixture
      • The quinoa will provide high protein feed with kale keeping the birds dry
      • Can be used on set aside ground
      • Sowing rate: 2.5kg per acre. 
      • Pack size: 2.5kg treated

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      Partridge Cover Mixture

      • Very hardy mixture
      • Thrives on colder, poorer soils
      • Mixture has an open canopy that encourages and holds partridges 
      • Useful as a break crop from Kale
      • Contains: Triticale, Barley, Linseed, Gold of Pleasure, Kale
      • Sowing rate 25kg per acre
      • Pack Size: 25kg 

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      Sundown Game Cover Mixture

      • A blended mixture of Game Cover Maize and Sunflowers 
      • Combines the fantastic feeding potential of both species
      • Provides full season cover and feed
      • Not recommended for marginal areas
      • Sowing rate 13kg per acre
      • Pack Size: 13kg - Fungicide treated 

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      Traditional Game Cover Mix

    • A well proven mixture of species specially selected for its feed and cover qualities
    • Includes: Maize, Millet, Buckwheat, Kale, Sunflower, Mustard & Rape
    • Designed for a full season of cover
    • Will provide effective holding, feed and cover for all game birds
    • This mixture will attract wild birds and game bird beneficial insects
    • Due to the variance in seed size broadcast seed to achieve optimum establishment
    • Eligible for set aside under the wild bird cover option
    • Sowing rate 10kg per acre
    • Pack size: 10kg
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