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Quick Bulk Westerwolds - Intensive One Year Ley

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A very fast growing ley which can be sown in the spring or autumn and is primarily grown to produce silage. However, it can be grazed and the crop can provide 'early bite' when sown in the autumn. Spring sowings on fertile soils with adequate moisture perform well but expectations should be lowered on drought-prone land. Unlike other ryegrasses, westerwolds will produce a stem and seed head from a spring sowing. This is useful, especially for the production of high quality horse hay in the same year as sowing.

Sowing & Growing Guide

Persistence (0-10 Years)

Yield (0-20 T DM/Ha)

Grazing Suitability (1-5)

Cutting Suitability (1-5)

Units Ac Ha Kg

£42.98 / Acre

Sowing rate: 14.0kg/acre (35.0kg/ha)

Choose additions
	Bottom Grass (2 Kg) £10.60/Acre The addition of ‘bottom’ or ‘grazing-type’ ryegrass can help to fill out the sward in more upright, open leys.
	Festulolium (2yr) (2 Kg) £9.60/Acre Include festulolium to improve yield performance on drier or poor soils, lasts for 2 years. Commonly used with, or instead of italian ryegrass.
	Red Clover - Boost protein (1 Kg) £12.30/Acre N Fixer. The best clover for N fixation, soil structure and weed suppression. Sow March to September. Lasts for at least two years and will make silage.Red clover can be used as part of your greening measures, as a 'pasture legume' or a 'nitrogen fixing crop' option.
	Crimson clover (spring sowing) (1 Kg) £5.20/Acre N Fixer. Annual legume sown late summer or after harvest by mid September for winter sheep keep. Will flower if left until May.
	Balansa clover (autumn sowing) (1 Kg) £7.98/Acre An annual clover with characteristic trifoliate leaves, which grows on most soil types. Noted for its winter hardiness when compared to other annual clovers like Egyptian and Persian Clover.