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 Farming Groups.
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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 - Japanese Reed
- Stronger plant than others of the millet family
- Winter hardy
- Mix with white millet to provide an excellent cover and feed crop (Ambush Mix)
- Sowing rate 5kg per acre. Pack size: 10kg untreated
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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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Millet - Red
- Will produce a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds
- Often sown in conjunction with maize or kale to provide feed and flushing area
- Red millet is earlier maturing than white millet
- Sowing rate 5kg acre. Pack size: 10kg - untreated
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Millet - White
- 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
- Sowing rate 5kg acre. Pack size: 10 kg- untreated
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Sorghum - Giant
- Giant Sorghum is a Sorghum x Sudan grass hybrid
- Produces a dense cover that can grow 2-3 metres tall
- Developed to provide plenty of cover through the key winter months
- Deep roots make it drought resistant
- Works well as a windbreak for warmth around maize or artichokes
- Sorghum is useful for flushing as it encourages the birds to lift above the cover
- Sowing rate 12kg acre. Pack size: 12kg
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Sorghum - Hybrid Dwarf
- A short, large leaf variety of sorghum with substantial seed-head
- Very good standing power
- Ideal cover providing a warm holding area for birds
- Average height 1 - 1.25m
- Sowing rate 8kg per acre
- Pack size: 8 kg