Autumn Cover Crops

Canary Grass - Reed

(Phalaris arundinacea)

• Suitable for use in exposed northern sites - very good frost and winter hardiness
• Strong stems and thick leaves provide reliable cover
• Similar characteristics to conventional canary grass with the added benefits
• Sowing rate: 2.5 kilos per acre Pack Size: 2.5kg (untreated)

Chicory (Perennial)

• Creates tall, dense cover, bolting in its second year to create a flowering hedge.
• Good tolerance to drought, acid soils and major pests, avoid wet ground.
• Has high mineral content including zinc, potassium and copper
• Sowing rate: 2kg per acre. 
• Pack size: 2 kg untreated

Fodder Radish

• A fast growing cover crop, ideal for failed spring crops.
• Speed of establishment aids weed suppression.
• Ideal as a green manure crop. 
• If sown July will be ready to provide cover within 6 to 8 weeks
• Sowing rate: 2.5kg/acre. 
• Pack size: 5 kg untreated 

Forage Rape

• Rapid establishment, medium-to-tall, palatable
• Above average dry matter yields.
• Good general disease resistance
• Sowing rate: 4kg per acre. Pack size 25kg.

Jonty

Kale - Gruner Angeliter

•  A very high yielding variety with good winter hardiness and excellent feeding quality
• Fresh yields 15% higher than Caledonian Kale and 10% higher than Bittern
• Gruner Angeliter has been the mainstay forage variety of Kale in New Zealand
• Has been tried and tested for many years and is still very popular today.
• Flea Beetle treated 
• Sowing rate 2kg per acre. Pack Size 2kg

Kale - Proteor

• Proteor is a medium height variety with thin stems with a high leaf to stem ratio.
• Produces a good canopy for holding and driving quality game. 
• Good winter hardiness, can be used throughout the autumn and winter.
• Flea Beetle treated.
• Sowing rate 2kg per acre. Pack Size 2kg

Kale - Thousand Head

• Thousand Head is a slender stemmed variety bearing leafy foliage.
• Has a very high D value and dry matter content. 
• Excellent winter hardiness providing forage for feeding after Christmas. 
• Can supply approximately 90 tonnes/ha of green forage matter.
• Re-cleaned seed (Treated available, please call for prices)
• Sowing rate 2kg per acre. Pack Size 2kg.

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

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)

Mustard - White

• Mustard is a relatively inexpensive and highly versatile cover crop.
• Can be sown alone or as a companion to other species.
• Ideal for early cover, killed off by frost will create shelter for birds.
• Popular as a green manure crop - broadcast at 10 kilos per acre.
• Cover crop sowing rate - 5kg per acre
• Pack size - 10kg or 25kg 

Sweet Clover (Yellow Blossom)

• A biennial plant which may persist for two seasons
• Its sweet smell and copious production of nectar is highly attractive to insects, which in turn attract game birds and wildilfe.
• Sown with Kale will help provide cover in the first year.
• Being leguminous and deep rooted is invaluable for improving soil structure/fertility.
• Sowing rate: 2.5kg per acre.   Pack size: 5kg (untreated)

ViTTASSO Brown Mustard

• Green manure crop with biofumigant properties
• Winter-hardy, easy to establish, cost effective
• Use to control soil-borne pests and diseases
• Sow at  2kg per acre. Packsize 10kg
• ViTTASSO Brown Mustard Brochure