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Scheme Ref: EF4 ~  Pollen & Nectar mixtures on Set aside land ~                           85 points per hectare

Pollen & Nectar mixture will add a visually pleasing feature to your ELS as well as supplying an excellent source of interest to beneficial insects, butterflies, bees and bumblebees. This should be sown in 6 metre wide strips. Your blocks should not exceed half a hectare in size.

Pollen & Nectar Mixture options:

BPN ~ Spring or Autumn sown mixture

BPN ~ Pollen & Nectar Mixture                       85 points per hectare      

• 20%  Meadow Fescue
• 15%    Creeping Red Fescue
• 12.5% Cocksfoot
• 12.5% Timothy
• 15%    Tall Fescue
• 5%     Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass
• 3%     Red Clover
• 3%     Alsike
• 3%     Birdsfoot Trefoil
• 3%     Black Medick
• 3%     Early English Winter Vetch
• 5%     Sanfoin
• 100%

Pollen & Nectar mix can be either Spring or Autumn sown and will give plenty of “flowering” interest for insects, butterflies, bees and bumblebees etc. An excellent “honey” opportunity. As well as encouraging beneficial species for pollination of adjacent crops.

Sowing rate: 20kg/ha - available in 1 hectare 20kg packs

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