SFI IPM2 - Flower-Rich Margins
Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) IPM2, Flower-Rich Margins, requires a well-established grass margin with flowering plants through the summer and early-autumn months. IPM2 is a rotational action, and can therefore be carried out on the same area of land each year, or can be moved around the farm. The seed mix must a minimum of 4 grass species that make up no more than 90% of the total, and a minimum of 10 wildflower species with no individual flower species exceeding 25% of the total wildflower component.
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Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this mixture for IPM2 Sustainable Farming Incentive (Flower-Rich Margins) and AB8 Countryside Stewardship (Flower-Rich Margins and Plots), to provide an abundant supply of pollen and nectar-rich flowers for pollinators and beneficial insects and encourage natural crop pest predators.
- Also attractive to farmland birds
- Annual production of flowers for the length of the agreement.
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): IPM2
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship (CSS): AB8 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
- Contains: 40% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 25% Chewings Fescue, 15% Slender Creeping Fescue, 5% Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass, 3.75% Berseem Clover, 3.75% Common Vetch, 1.5% Crimson Clover, 1.5% Persian Clover, 2.5% Red Clover, 0.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 0.25% Ribwort Plantain, 0.25% Sheep’s Parsley, 0.25% Lucerne, 0.25% Yellow Trefoil, 0.25% Yarrow, 0.25% White Clover
- Sowing rate: 20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
Boston Seeds are proud to supply the EnviroSeeds range for biodiversity and sustainable farming.
Use this premium mixture for wildflower meadows, to provide rich habitat for butterflies, insects, birds & small mammals. Enhanced mixture to comply with IPM2 Sustainable Farming Incentive (Flower-Rich Margins) and AB8 Countryside Stewardship (Flower-Rich Margins and Plots).
- An extended number of species of grass, legumes and wildflowers
- Can be sown on its own or with other wildflower mixtures
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): IPM2
- Suitable for Countryside Stewardship AB8 GS4 GS8 GS14 SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW7 SW8 WT1 WT2
Contains: 30% Strong Creeping Red Fescue, 10.75% Chewing's Fescue, 10% Hard Fescue, 10% Timothy, 10% Slender Creeping Red Fescue, 6% Smooth Stalk Meadow Grass, 5% Red Clover, 5% Sainfoin, 4% Sheep's Fescue, 2.5% Alsike Clover, 1.5% Ribwort Plantain, 1.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil, 0.75% Yarrow, 0.5% Meadow Foxtail, 0.5% Selfheal, 0.5% Oxeye Daisy, 0.5% Sheep's Sorrel, 0.5% Common Knapweed, 0.5% Wild Carrot - Sowing rate: 20kg/ha.