Best Selling Game Cover

The Traditional Game Cover Mixture combines a broad range of species which will give a full season of cover and a supply of food.

• A tried and tested mixture species which provides feed and cover
• Sunflowers provide an attractive splash of colour
• Differing seed sizes mean it is best broadcast rather than drilled
• Game Maize, White Millet, Red Millet, Buckwheat, Kale, Sunflower, White Mustard, Forage Rape, Gold of Pleasure, Phacelia
• Sowing Rate: 10kg per acre. Packsize: 10kg

A blend of three varieties of maize with different maturity dates to provide effective cover and feed for the duration of the season.

• All Season Blend our best selling game cover maize
• A blend of early, intermediate and late varieties
• Varieties selected for good early vigour and standing ability
• Influx treated seed
• Sow at 45,000 seeds per acre. Pack Size 45,000 seeds 

Vittasso Brown Mustard is a new, unique and highly versatile game cover crop. It is is easy to establish, quick growing and winter hardy.

• Sow from late July onwards to produce a dense, leafy canopy
• Winter-hardy, easy to establish, cost effective
• Can be sown as a rescue crop for failed spring sowings
• Can grow up to 1.5 metres dependent on when sown
• Sowing rate: 2kg per acre  (5kg/ha)

Short stemmed, sturdy, broad leaved and has a substantial seed head. Its shorter growing habit is ideal for exposed sites.

• Average height 1 - 1.25m
• Often sown alongside maize, see Four Ten Mixture
• Very good standing power due to short growth habit
• Ideal cover providing a warm holding area for birds
• Sowing rate 12kg per acre. Pack size: 8kg. Treated seed

Dwarf sunflowers are a shorter stemmed hybrid variety which provide better standing ability over conventional varieties.

• A stiff stemmed, shorter hybrid variety
• An effective feed crop for shoots in the southern half of the UK
• May require 'swiping' down to allow game birds to access the seeds
• Frequently sown as part of a game mix or with kale
• Sowing rate: 5kg acre. Pack size: 5kg

Quinoa will provide cover and a plentiful supply of seed making it a popular crop for holding partridges, pheasants and attracting seed eating song birds.

• Produces a number of seeds to provide a valuable source of food
• Also attractove to many species of seed-eating song birds
• Often grown with kale as it begins to collapse with first frosts
• Available ready blended with Kale, see Overdrive Seed Mixture
• Sowing rate: 2kg per acre. Pack size: 2 kg

Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) is similar to Canary Grass (aquatica) however it is much hardier.

• A perennial species which can last for 10 years
• Suitable for exposed northern sites - good frost and winter hardiness
• Strong stems and thick leaves provide reliable cover for ground nesting birds
• Similar to conventional canary grass with improved hardiness 
• Sowing rate: 2.5kg per acre Pack Size: 2.5kg

White mustard is an ever popular choice for game cover. Very easy to establish and grows rapidly, providing cover until the first winter frosts. 

• Can be sown alone or as a companion to other species
• Ideal for early cover, killed off by frost will create shelter for birds
• Quick growing - ideal for patching failed spring cover crops
• Also opular as a green manure crop
• Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB2 
• Sowing rate: 15kg / ha