SFI SOH2 - Multi Species Spring Sown Cover Crop
Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), SOH2 (2024/2025), Multi-Species Spring Sown Cover Crop, requires there to be a well-established multi-species cover crop present between harvesting a cash crop until either another cash crop, or winter cover crop is sown. This ensures that the soil is protected and provides root growth to improve soil structure and biology. This scheme requires you to sow a mix that contains at least 4 species from at least 2 species from two or more of the following plant families: brassicas, legumes, cereals and grasses, herbs and must be sown in the Spring (usually between March and May). SOH2 is a static or rotational action, and can therefore be carried out on the same area of land each year, or can be moved around the farm.
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Use this mixture for SOH2 and SOH3 (2024/2025) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crops), to provide a diverse mixture for summer and early autumn soil conditioning. Designed for sowing after early-harvested crops and incorporating before autumn-drilled cereals. Includes a range of rooting depths and types, and produces significant organic matter for incorporation. This mixture can also be used for CSAM2 (2024/2025) and SAM2 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Winter Cover), to provide ground cover and varying rooting structures throughout the winter months.
- Produces high organic matter
- Easy to incorporate
- Range of rooting depths and types
- Use for rotational implementation of SOH2 and SOH3 Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crop
- Sow from March - May for SOH2 agreements
- Sow from June - August for SOH3 agreements
- Use for rotational implementation of CSAM2 and SAM2 Multi Species Winter Cover and SOH4 Winter Cover Following Maize Crops
- Sow early autumn for optimum establishment of CSAM2 / SAM2 agreements
- Flowering species provide essential food sources for pollinators
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): SOH2 SOH3 CSAM2 SAM2
- Contains: 35% Black Oats, 27% Spring Vetch, 15% Buckwheat, 10% Berseem Clover, 10% Linseed, 3% Phacelia
- Sowing rate: 15-25kg/ha
Use this mixture for SOH2 and SOH3 (2024/2025) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crops), to provide short-term cover between cash crops. This mixture has been carefully formulated to protect the soil surface, and aid soil conditioning through a range of rooting depths and types.
- Easy to incorporate
- Short-term, easy to establish summer cover
- Flowering species to attract pollinators
- Use for rotational implementation of SOH2 and SOH3 Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crop
- Sow from March - May for SOH2 agreements
- Sow from June - August for SOH3 agreements
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): SOH2 SOH3
- Contains: 40% Vetch, 30% Buckwheat, 25% Linseed, 5% Phacelia
- Sowing rate: 15kg/ha
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Use this mix for rotational CNUM3 (2024/2025) and NUM3 (2023) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Legume Fallow), to establish a mix of vigorous legumes to flower for the summer months of May-August. This mix can also be used for SOH2 and SOH3 (2024) Sustainable Farming Incentive (Multi Species Spring/Summer Sown Cover Crop) to ensure the soil is protected and improve soil structure and biology.
- Can be sown on a different parcel of land each of the three years of the agreement
- Provides valuable food source for beneficial insects and farmland birds
- Adds nutrients into the soil and improves soil health and structure
- Use for rotational implementation of CNUM3 and NUM3 Legume Fallow, or SOH2 and SOH3 Spring/Summer Cover Crops.
- Sow in spring or autumn for optimum establishment
- Suitable for Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI): CNUM2 NUM2 CNUM3 NUM3 SOH2 SOH3
- Contains: 50% Vetch, 15% Linseed, 15% Buckwheat, 7.5% Crimson Clover, 7.5% Berseem Clover, 5% Phacelia
- Sowing rate: 15-20kg/ha. Pack size: 20kg
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