Millet and Sorghum Seed
Cover crops for game and forage cover. Boston Seeds are wholesale online seed suppliers for Private Individuals, Businesses and Farming Groups.
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White millet is a popular choice as it provides cover and a source of food. Particularly attractive to English and French partridges.
- Produces a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds
- Often sown in conjunction with maize or kale
- It is vigorous and will grow to a height of up to 90cm
- Thicker leaved and higher seed production than red millet
- Sowing rate: 5kg acre. Pack size: 10kg
Red Millet is best sown alongside other crops to provide a source of food which will help to keep birds in the covers.
- Will produce a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds
- Often sown in conjunction with maize or kale
- Red millet is earlier maturing than white millet
- Susceptible to frost
- Sowing rate: 5kg acre. Pack size: 10kg
Our popular blend has been created to ensure there is the longevity of food sources and to create a great cover for birds.
- 50% red millet, 50% white millet
- Produces a plentiful supply of small seeds for birds
- Often sown in conjunction with maize or kale
- Growing to a height of up to 90cm
- Sowing rate: 5kg acre. Pack size: 10kg
Japanese Reed Millet is a stronger and hardier member of the millet family when compared to Red and White Millet.
- Stronger plant than others of the millet family
- Improved winter hardiness
- Mix with white millet to provide an excellent cover and feed crop
- Sowing rate: 5kg per acre. Pack size: 10kg
A mix of white, red and Japanese reed millet. The white millet provides a source of food whilst the Japanese reed millet provides cover.
- The strong reed millet plant provides long season cover for flushing
- White and red millet provides feed to hold birds in the cover
- Winter hardy allowing it to be used through the shooting season
- 40% White Millet, 40% Red Millet, 20% Japanese Reed Millet
- Sowing rate: 5kg per acre. Pack Size: 10kg
A blend of carefully selected red, white & panorama millets. Can be cross drilled or broadcast in maize crops to add feed value and warmth.
- Mixture ensures a wider window of seed shed
- Feed value from September to December
- Provides a good feed block if sown adjacent to maize
- Contains red, panorama and white millets
- Sowing rate 5kg/acre. Packsize 10kg
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.
Giant Sorghum is a cross between Sorghum and Sudan Grass Hybrid. It can grow over two metres tall providing excellent cover.
- Produces warm and dense cover that can grow 2-3 metres tall.
- Deep roots help it to withstand drought conditions
- Works well as a windbreak protect more vulnerable crops
- Sorghum is useful for flushing as it encourages the birds to lift above the cover
- Sowing rate: 12kg per acre. Pack size: 12kg.
Intermediate Sorghum as the name suggests grows to a height between the Giant and Dwarf varieties.
- Grows to a height of around 1.5 metres.
- Useful as a windbreak around other game cover crops
- Tall cover provides birds with protection from overhead predators
- Similar to maize but does not produce a cob
- Sowing rate: 10kg per acre. Pack Size: 10kg.
Mix of two differing heights of sorghum. The Dwarf Sorghum gives birds protection from predators and Giant Sorghum acts as a windbreak.
- Creates thick and sturdy cover which will last for a full season
- Best sown from May-June
- 90% Dwarf Sorghum, 10% Giant Sorghum
- Sowing rate: 10kg per acre. Pack size 10kg
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