Annual Beneficial Insect Mix 70% Organic
Ref: MIXANBIORG
A short term mixture that will provide an array of flowering species to attract beneficial insects and pollinators. This mixture can be used in either arable or horticultural situations, across fields or in poly tunnels when a temporary or short term resource is required.
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Species breakdown in this mix
Balansa Clover
This legume is a recent addition to the UK, It is a high biomass plant, with a better cold tolerance than other annual clovers, which means it can be used as an over winter forage or green cover.
Berseem Clover
This is a short term legume also known as Egyptian clover. It provides fast growing biomass and nitrogen fixation when sown in warm soils.
Buckwheat
This is a short term, aggressive weed suppressor. It is good at scavenging for phosphate in the soil, breaking it down and then making it available to subsequent crops after incorporation. It's especially useful in soils that suffer from phosphate lockup. With its quick growth, the plant can establish from seed in 8 - 10 weeks.
Corn Cockle
Corn Cockle is a tall annual with singular pink/purple flowers, dating back as far as the Iron Age in Britain; however it is now virtually extinct in the wild.
Corn Marigold
Easily recognised flower-heads, carried on long stalks. The lower leaves are stalked and have toothed edges or are cut into leaflets. The upper ones clasp the stem and are sometimes little toothed. The plant which grows 6 to 8 inches tall is an annual.
Cornflower
Cornflowers are a tall annual with a distinctive vibrant blue flower head. The flower supplies pollen and nectar for bees and lots of other beneficial insects and the seeds also provide food for small mammals and birds such as Goldfinches.
Crimson Clover
An annual legume and true clover, traditionally sown in the south east of England for over-winter sheep keep.
Fenugreek
Traditionally the fenugreek plant has been used over the centuries as a herb and a spice in cooking and for medicinal purposes. In the UK there has been some trials carried out using the plant as a soil improving green manure. Due to its rapid growth it has been trialled in poly tunnels where productivity is high and gaps in the rotation for fertility building are short.
Persian Clover
A legume species which is widely used across Europe. It is less common in the UK but can be a useful forage plant. This short term annual fixes nitrogen and is capable of rapid growth making it ideal for providing a quick boost to soil fertility where there is a window of 5-9 months. When in flower Persian clover has a particularly pleasing smell.
Phacelia
Phacelia is a rapidly growing, high biomass plant. It is a nitrogen holder and weed suppressor. Its eye catching purple flowers are particularly good at attracting bees and other beneficial insects.
| Contents per Acre | % | kg | |
 | commercial LILEJA ORGANIC buckwheat | 31.4 | 2.200 |
| certified BALO ORGANIC phacelia | 3.6 | 0.250 |
| certified berseem clover | 17.9 | 1.250 |
| certified ORGANIC crimson clover | 17.1 | 1.200 |
| certified persian clover | 10.7 | 0.750 |
| certified FIXATION balansa clover - RHIZOBIUM INOCULATED | 7.1 | 0.500 |
| Fenugreek | 4.3 | 0.300 |
| Coriander | 4.3 | 0.300 |
| Cornflower | 1.4 | 0.100 |
| Corn Cockle | 1.4 | 0.100 |
| Corn Marigold | 0.7 | 0.050 |
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