Yellow Rattle Advanced | BW4
Yellow Rattle Advanced
A harvested meadow with high Yellow Rattle content as well as 17 additional flora species and 13 grass species. Ideal for enhancing an existing meadow area with the benefit of Yellow Rattle too aid in control of grasses and high flora content (74%) to add further species. Suitable for projects where grass has outcompeted some or majority of the wildflowers to bring it back to a thriving diverse meadow.
Price range: £54.00 through £108.00
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Establishment History: 2017 – Arable Reversion
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Origin: Salisbury, Wiltshire
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Soil Type: Shallow lime-rich soils over chalk
Specification for 2024 harvested stock
Flora
Yellow Rattle |
28.7% |
Ribwort Plantain |
22.1% |
Meadow Buttercup |
7.2% |
Rough Hawkbit |
5.2% |
Red Clover |
2.4% |
Black Medic |
1.7% |
Common Sorrel |
1.3% |
Common Knapweed |
0.2% |
Bluebell |
0.1% |
Smooth Hawksbeard |
1.0% |
White Clover |
0.6% |
Red Campion |
0.4% |
Small Scabious |
0.3% |
Wild Parsnip |
0.1% |
Fairy Flax |
0.9% |
Lesser Trefoil |
0.2% |
Hoary Plantain |
0.6% |
Oxeye Daisy |
0.4% |
Grass
Fine Fescue |
7.0% |
Bentgrass |
4.6% |
Sweet Vernal Grass |
3.8% |
Timothy |
1.9% |
Yorkshire Fog |
1.7% |
Sterile Brome |
0.7% |
Soft Brome |
0.5% |
Crested Dogstail |
0.5% |
Meadow Grass |
0.5% |
Cocksfoot |
0.4% |
Meadow Fescue |
0.2% |
Perennial Ryegrass |
0.1% |
Tall Oat Grass |
0.1% |
Inert Matter (chaff, immature seeds, plant material) 4.2%
For best results sow in the Autumn, August to December subject to weather conditions.
When over-sowing, cut the sward right back and chain harrow to achieve 50% bare earth showing prior to broadcasting then roll.
Recommended sow rate:
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1g/m² (1Kg/Ha) for light land
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4g/m² (4Kg/Ha) for heavy soils
