Two Year Wild Bird Seed Mix 70% ORGANIC CEREAL SEPARATE
Ref: mixwbssorg
OELS/HLS Codes: OF2.
This mixture includes cereal and quinoa to provide food for farmland birds in the first winter, while kale provides late seed in the second winter. It has a duration of two years and can safe re establsihing a bird plot annually.
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| Contents per Kg | % | kg | |
 | certified ORGANIC triticale | 70.0 | 0.700 |
| certified kale | 12.0 | 0.120 |
| red millet | 8.0 | 0.080 |
| certified linseed | 2.5 | 0.025 |
| certified hybrid rape | 2.0 | 0.020 |
| certified mustard | 2.0 | 0.020 |
| certified fodder radish | 2.0 | 0.020 |
| Fennel | 1.5 | 0.015 |
Fodder Radish
Also commonly known as oil radish, fodder radish is a brassica, it is not a legume but it will hold any residual nitrogen in the soil, which it will then release as it breaks down over time. This species is slower to flower and go to seed than mustard and produces a deeper root system.
Kale
Kale is the highest yielding brassica and being winter hardy, can relieve pressure on winter forage. It has a high protein content and is usually grazed between September and March, depending on sowing time. It can be grazed by most livestock including sheep and cattle.
Kale/Rape Hybrid
This is a hybrid or cross of two separate brassica parent plants, the kale plant and forage rape. The resulting hybrid has the quick speed of establishment of forage rape and the winter hardiness of kale. There are several varieties available on the market. We generally stock the variety Redstart, however Swift is a sister variety with similar attributes.
Kale/Rape Hybrid Species Guide 
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Linseed
For many years linseed, as known as flax was an important component of fabric and linen yarn, it is also important because of its seeds, from which linseed oil is obtained. In the Uk linseed can be a component of game cover mixtures and over-winter wild bird seed mixtures.
Mustard
Mustard is a rapidly growing, high biomass, nitrogen lifter for growing over the summer. It is one of the quickest growing, green manuring species and is very good at suppressing weeds.
Red Millet
Red millet is a warm season, cultivated grass species. It has been grown for centuries for it seed, as a forage and human consumption. In the UK it is generally used as a game cover component, or in a winter bird food mixture to provide food during the hungry gap, when natural resources are exhausted.
Triticale
Triticale is a hybrid or crossing of the cereal plants wheat and rye. The benefit of this crossing, is to combine the quality and yield potential of wheat, with the robust nature and wider growing conditions of rye. Currently there is some production for human consumption, however most is used for livestock forage. It may also form a constituent of farmland bird winter food mixtures.
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