Kale & Forage Rape Seed

Kale is one of the most popular game cover crops currently used in the UK. Kale is winter hardy, can be utilised for the whole shooting season and has the advantage of being able to last for two seasons. Pheasants find it particularly attractive as it has a thick canopy which gives cover and bare ground underneath the canopy to allow for easy movement. 
 

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Thousand Head Kale Seed
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Thousand Head Kale Seed

Thousand Head Kale is a popular, tried and tested variety with good standing ability and winter hardiness.

  • Thousand Head is a slender stemmed variety bearing leafy foliage. 
  • Excellent winter hardiness providing forage for feeding after Christmas. 
  • Can supply approximately 90 tonnes/ha of green forage matter.
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Bombardier Kale Seed
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Bombardier Kale Seed

A new variety with the potential to deliver high dry matter yields making it and ideal choice for dairy, beef or lamb producers.

  • A taller stemmed variety with excellent resistance to lodging.
  • High leaf to stem ratio.
  • Available untreated or treated with Start-uP & Sepiret.
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Caledonian Kale Seed

Caledonian Kale is the first variety to be bred with resistance to club root. A taller variety which gives easier access for birds underneath the leaf canopy. 

  • Taller variety to allow birds to move freely under the leaf canopy.
  • Club root resistant, can be sown on sites suffering from brassica sickness.
  • Available untreated or treated with Start-up & Sepiret.
  • Specifically bred for UK conditions. High germination and early vigour.
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Carbon Kale and Mustard Hybrid Seed

New and unique game cover crop which combines the excellent cover of kale with the easy and rapid establishment of mustard. 

  • Produces amazing cover in a short period of time
  • Excellent frost tolerant cover by November
  • Can be used for new sowing or for patching failed crops
  • Best sown in June or July.
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre. Pack size: 2kg
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Emerald Forage Rape
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Emerald Forage Rape

Emerald is a well known variety that is fast to establish with average dry matter yields.

  • Medium to tall leafy plants maturing in 10-12 weeks after sowing.
  • Good disease resistance
  • Great food quality that is  high in protein, easily digested and remaining palatable well into the winter.
  • Wide branched root system improves soil structure
  • Sowing rate: 2.5kg (drilled) or 4kg (broadcast) per acre.
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Goldeneye Kale Seed
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Goldeneye Kale Seed

Goldeneye kale is a giant type bred for the game cover market, selected for the optimum combination of height and leaf production. 

  • Leafy top, strong stem, good winter hardiness and good tolerance to disease, making it the ideal choice for game cover use
  • Goldeneye achieves a higher vigour score than Caledonian kale and better club root tolerance.
  • Sowing rate: 3kg per acre.
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Gruner Angeliter Kale Seed
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Gruner Angeliter Kale Seed

Very tall variety with excellent winter hardiness. A branching, umbrella shaped canopy creates plenty of room underneath for pheasants and partridges.

  • Good winter hardiness and excellent feeding quality
  • Fresh yields 15% higher than Caledonian and 10% higher than Bittern
  • Tried and tested for many years and is still very popular today
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Hobson, Forage Rape
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Hobson Forage Rape

Hobson, the perfect variety for finishing lambs. Bred by Limagrain.

  • Powdery mildew restistant; a disease which can make some crops unpalatable leading to a high wastage factor
  • Proven on livestock farms throughout the UK
  • Available treated with Start-uP and Sepiret
  • Sowing rate 2.5kg drilled / 4kg broadcast per acre
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Interval Rape and Kale Hybrid Seed

Interval is a hybrid variety, produced by crossing rape and kale together. Creates a thick, leafy canopy only a short period of time.

  • Fast growing properties of rape with the greater leaf canopy of kale.
  • Winter hardy for a full season of cover.
  • Grows to a height of 80-100cm.
  • Sowing Rate: 2kg per acre. 
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Keeper Kale Seed
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Keeper Kale Seed

Keeper Kale will provide excellent cover and maximum protection for your birds.

  • A shorter variety with excellent lodging resistance
  • High leaf to stem ratio, providing excellent leaf cover
  • Winter hardy and tested for germination and vigour to ensure the maximum establishment
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Pinfold Kale Seed
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Pinfold Kale Seed

Pinfold Kale will provide excellent yields in a short period of time.

  • Fast growing and ideal for early sowings
  • Flexible utilisation, summer use as well
  • Excellent digestibility
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre. Pack size 2kg
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Proteor Kale Seed

A winter hardy variety with the potential to deliver high dry matter yields making it and a very desirable choice for dairy, beef or lamb and an excellent variety for game cover.

  • Intermediate stemmed variety with excellent disease and aphid tolerance
  • High leaf to stem ratio
  • Untreated
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Rampart Forage Rape

Rampart has feed quality enhancements which allows growers flexibility when feeding the crops. Ready to feed 12-14 weeks after sowing.  

  • Great winter hardiness
  • High yield potential
  • Suitable for dairy/lamb production
  • Sowing rate: 2-3kg per acre.
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Redstart Kale and Rape Hybrid Seed
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Redstart Kale and Rape Hybrid Seed

A fast establishing kale/rape hybrid that can be ready for use in only eight weeks. Suitable for both grazing and game cover applications.

  • Winter Hardy
  • High energy 
  • Suitable for cattle and sheep
  • Fast establishment (8 weeks)
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Sparta Forage Rape - Boston Seeds
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Sparta Forage Rape

High protein content and high dry matter yield. Late flowering variety that will perform well whether sown for summer, autumn or winter use. 

  • Good winter hardiness.
  • Clubroot tolerant.
  • Sowing rate: 2.5kg per acre.
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Spitfire Hybrid Forage Rape
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Spitfire Hybrid Forage Rape

Spitfire Hybrid Forage Rape is a rape and kale hybrid, is a good companion to use with other fast establishing brassicas. 

  • Provide cover for a whole season
  • Very vigorous and quick growing, ideal for replacing failed crops or patching
  • Good disease and bolting resistance
  • Sowing rate: 2.5kg per acre.
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Surefire Kale Blend

A combination of three excellent game cover kale varieties will provide a tall varied canopy over an extended period of time.

  • Provides superb cover.
  • Kale provides cover for two shooting seasons.
  • The flowering kale will attract insects and songbirds.
  • 40% Goldeneye, 30% Gruner Angeliter, 30% Inka
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre. Pack size: 2kg
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Swift Rape and Kale Hybrid Seed
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Swift Rape and Kale Hybrid Seed

Swift is a rape and kale hybrid that provides high energy grazing for cattle and sheep throughout summer, autumn and winter.

  • Fast and vigorous in growth with regrowth potential
  • Winter hardiness, high energy and good protein source
  • Good late season yield potential
  • Sowing Rate: 2kg per acre.
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Zoom Brassica Mixture
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Zoom Brassica Mixture

A blend of Winfred Hybrid Brassica and Forage Rape. A vigourous and quick growing seed mixture making it ideal for failed crops.

  • Provide cover for a whole season
  • Vigorous and quick growing, ideal for replacing failed crops or patching
  • Good disease and bolting resistance
  • 50% Winfred Hybrid Brassica and 50% Forage Rape
  • Pack size: 5kg untreated
  • Sowing rate: 2.5kg per acre.
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Unicorn Forage Rape

Unicorn forage rape provides nutritious feed for beef, lamb or dairy production. 

  • Crops sown in May and June have the potential for regrowth after the initial grazing.
  • May-drilled crops should be ready to graze in 12 weeks 
  • Sow May-end August
  • Available with seed treatment
  • Sowing rate: 2kg per acre.
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Forage Rape is very useful as a rescue crop for failed spring sown crops. Forage Rape will establish quickly and provide thick cover into the new year.