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Short Term Grass Mixtures

High production mixtures designed for maximum yield under cutting and grazing management over 1 -3 years.

These mixtures offer high quality silage cuts with back end grazing or leys that require specialist management.

Why Dods of Haddington?

  • HVS seed assuring highest purity standards
  • All varieties SRUC 1st choice -Scottish standards for our Northern climate
  • Being an independent merchant enables us to pick the best varieties available
  • Mixed on site at Haddington to ensure the highest quality
  • Sound advice – to maximise profit and yield

Morecrop

High Production 2-3 Year Silage Mix

  • Our award winning 2-3 year high yielding silage mixture
  • The inclusion of tetraploid hybrid increases the sugar content for higher ‘D’values
  • Intermediate ryegrass ensure bulk
  • 1st cut of silage early May for high quality
  • Excellent aftermath grazing for sheep in the Autumn
% Name Grass Category
5 White Clover Blend White Clover
32 Barclamp Hybrid Ryegrass
39 Aberwolf /Agaska (D) Intermediate PRG
18 Pensel / Aberspey (T) Intermediate PRG
6 Abergain (T) Late PRG
100 - -
5 %

Name:
White Clover Blend

Grass Category:
White Clover

32 %

Name:
Barclamp

Grass Category:
Hybrid Ryegrass

39 %

Name:
Aberwolf /Agaska (D)

Grass Category:
Intermediate PRG

18 %

Name:
Pensel / Aberspey (T)

Grass Category:
Intermediate PRG

6 %

Name:
Abergain (T)

Grass Category:
Late PRG

100 %

Name:
-

Grass Category:
-

Top-Grow

2-4 Year Red Clover Silage Mix

  • Low input/high yielding, high protein cutting mixture
  • Red Clover will fixate Nitrogen and strong tap root will improve soil structure
  • 3-4 cuts taken each year
  • Ideal lamb finishing grazing aftermath
  • Care must be taken not too overgraze the red clover
  • Fertility will be built up over the years the mixture is set down
% Name Grass Category
5 White Clover Blend White Clover
15 Red Clover Blend Red Clover
50 Barclamp Hybrid Ryegrass
4 Aberwolf Intermediate PRG
11 Agaska
15 Glenrock (D) Late PRG
100 - -
5 %

Name:
White Clover Blend

Grass Category:
White Clover

15 %

Name:
Red Clover Blend

Grass Category:
Red Clover

50 %

Name:
Barclamp

Grass Category:
Hybrid Ryegrass

4 %

Name:
Aberwolf

Grass Category:
Intermediate PRG

11 %

Name:
Agaska

Grass Category:

15 %

Name:
Glenrock (D)

Grass Category:
Late PRG

100 %

Name:
-

Grass Category:
-

Top - Graze

3-4 Year Specialist Grazing Mixture

  • Particularly suited to sheep grazing / finishing lambs
  • Low input, high yielding mixture
  • Care must be taken not to over graze
  • Includes Plantain and Chicory
  • Deep rooting systems draw up minerals and trace elements
% Name Grass Category
5 White Clover Blend White Clover
15 Red Clover Blend Red Clover
18 Puna Chicory
18 Pensel (T) Intermediate PRG
20 Donata Cocksfoot
2 Tonic Plantain
30 Lofa Festulolium
100 - -
5

Name:
White Clover Blend

Grass Category:
White Clover

15

Name:
Red Clover Blend

Grass Category:
Red Clover

18

Name:
Puna

Grass Category:
Chicory

18

Name:
Pensel (T)

Grass Category:
Intermediate PRG

20

Name:
Donata Cocksfoot

Grass Category:

2

Name:
Tonic

Grass Category:
Plantain

30

Name:
Lofa Festulolium

Grass Category:

100

Name:
-

Grass Category:
-

Herbsward

Mulitspecies Herbal Ley

  • Diverse species mix that creates multifunctional sward
  • Range of rooting depths within mixture
  • Sward can access trace elements
  • Can be rotationally grazed
  • Very low input due to mix of species
% Name Grass Category
16.25 Barclamp Hybrid Ryegrass
14.40 Glenrock Late PRG
12.55 Lofa Festulolium
9.30 Scots Timothy
15.60 Donata Cocksfoot
7.60 Herb Blend Herbs
3.25 Laura Meadow Fescue
6.65 Borneo Tall Fescue
14.4 White Clover Blend -
100% - -
16.25 %

Name:
Barclamp

Grass Category:
Hybrid Ryegrass

14.40 %

Name:
Glenrock

Grass Category:
Late PRG

12.55 %

Name:
Lofa

Grass Category:
Festulolium

9.30 %

Name:
Scots

Grass Category:
Timothy

15.60 %

Name:
Donata

Grass Category:
Cocksfoot

7.60 %

Name:
Herb Blend

Grass Category:
Herbs

3.25 %

Name:
Laura

Grass Category:
Meadow Fescue

6.65 %

Name:
Borneo

Grass Category:
Tall Fescue

14.4 %

Name:
White Clover Blend

Grass Category:
-

100% %

Name:
-

Grass Category:
-