Oakbank Herbal Ley
GS4 / CGS4 / SAM3 / CSAM3
For clients looking for a mix that delivers a highly palatable forage crop for grazing and/or conserving, we have two options: Herbal Ley and Herbal Ley (Graze Only).
Inclusion of cocksfoot and festulolium adds resilience on drought prone soils
Sainfoin and lucerne provide excellent quality silage or hay
Additional benefits for soil structure and fertility
Suitable for options under Countryside Stewardship (including Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier - CGS4) and SFI schemes in England.
Read more about the benefits, establishment and management of diverse herbal ley swards in our blog here.
- Mixture specification
- Sowing and establishment
Herbal Ley Mix - contains intermediate perennial ryegrass, cocksfoot, festulolium, meadow fescue, timothy, Boston plantain, crimson clover, lucerne, red clover, sainfoin, sheeps burnet, sheeps parsley and yarrow
Herbal Ley (Graze Only) Mix - contains intermediate perennial ryegrass, cocksfoot, festulolium, strong creeping red fescue, meadow fescue, timothy, tall fescue, alsike clover, birdsfoot trefoil, chicory, lucerne, Boston plantain, red clover, sainfoin, sheeps burnet, sheeps parsley, white clover, yarrow, yellow blossom sweet clover
Seed treatment – Nitragin Gold inoculant (lucerne)























