Gamecover + Environmental booklet

Gamecover + Environmental booklet

Gamecover and Environmental Mixes 2021

Welcome to our 2021 Gamecover and Environmental Seed Handbook In keeping with other years, we are pleased to offer our usual comprehensive range of seeds, throughout the handbook we have highlighted the suitability of each for either cover, feed or holding ability. Every season brings its own challenges, and it is extremely important to plan well in advance which types of crop you wish to grow, their requirements for nutrition, weed control options and other key factors to ensure the best chance of growing a good crop. Alongside the seed range we continue to offer our full support package from establishment to the finished crop including site planning, soil analysis, full nutrient planning and finishing with weed control and general crop husbandry. We believe this service is second to none in the industry and combined with our years of experience within the seed industry we have a long history of consistent success. The last growing season was more difficult than previous years due to the prolonged wet winter, followed by a very hot and dry summer. We hope you find this handbook useful and informative and we look forward to hearing from you to discuss your ideas and requirements for the coming season. In addition to this guide, we have also produced a supplement for roots, greening, catch and cover crops. This explores these options in more detail and the range of seeds available to comply with them.

We have tried to keep what can become an unnecessarily complicated subject as straightforward as possible. If you have difficulty finding what you need or would like to discuss your options further, please do not hesitate to contact us. Symbols Winter Holding - Environment Scheme - Feed - Countryside Stewardship gives incentives for land managers to look after their environment and is made up of the following elements: • Higher Tier is for land that requires more complex man agement tailored to the individual site. • Mid-Tier provides a range of options and capital items that together help to deliver a broad range of environmental benefits. • The 4 Wildlife Offers provide a simpler set of options to help improve the wildlife on their farm. These are broken down into: o The Arable offer o The Lowland Grazing offer o The Mixed Farming Offer o The Upland Offer • Water Capital only grants provide funding to improve water quality in high water quality priority areas. • Other Capital only grants including Hedgerows and Boundaries Grants, which you can apply for in addition to the 4 Wildlife Offers. Read about Capital grants on GOV.UK. Countryside Stewardship will eventually be replaced with the new Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme. WH ES F

Key Countryside Stewardship Codes

AB1- Nectar flower mix Establish in blocks or strips between 1st March – 15th Sep- tember. Sow a grass free mix which contains a minimum 6 flower species – of which 2 must include: Common Knapweed, Must Mallow, Oxeye Daisy, Wild Carrot or Yarrow. Should contains a mix of short term legumes and longer lived wildflower species. Sow the seed mix at 15 kg/ha. AB3 Beetle banks Sow a mixture of fine-leaved grasses such as red fescue to- gether with some tussock-forming varieties like tall fescue, timothy and cocksfoot. AB8 – Flower rich margins & Plots Establish a flower rich margin between 1st March – 15th September. Should contain a minimum of 4 grass species and 10 wildflower species. Sow at 15 - 20kg/ha - The lower seed rate is appropriate on light/medium soils and the higher seed rate appropriate on heavier soils. AB9- Winter bird food Establish between 15th February – 15th June. Should contain a mix of 6 seed bearing crops from these groups: cereals, brassicas and other plants, i.e.: barley, triticale, quinoa, linseed, millet, mustard, fodder radish and sunflower. No more than 3 cereal species, and no crop group to exceed more than 90% of the mix.

AB15 Two year sown legume fallow Establish by sowing a seed mix containing a minimum of 6 flower species as soon as possible after harvest and before 15 September and keep until 15 August in the second summer after sowing. Mixtures will vary depending on agreement start date. AB16 – Autumn sown bumble bird Establish as soon as possible after harvest & before 15th September. Should contain a mix with a minimum of six flower species and six seed-bearing crops. The mix should contain a maximum of three of the following cereal crops: Barley, Oats, Rye, Triticale, Wheat. Use a seed rate of around 50kg per ha. GS4 Legume and herb-rich swards Establish a mixed sward of grasses, legumes, herbs and wildflowers in the first 12 months of the agreement. The Mix must contain: a minimum 10% cover of red clover, an additional 10% cover of other legumes, herbs and wildflowers, at least 5 species of grass, 3 species of legume (including bird’s-foot trefoil) and 5 species of herb or wildflower.

AB12 Supplementary bird feeding Our mixes are available as full mixtures or pre-mixed options to enable the use of home saved grains. We have a white bag option which reaches all requirements at the best value. Not only are our mixtures fully compliant, using only top- grade raw materials, but they are also carefully constructed to provide maximum nutrition for all bird species to help them through the periods where natural food is less available.

Bartholomews AB12 Mix Wheat, White Millet, Rape, Canary Seed and Black Sunflower

Bartholomews AB12 Pre Mix Linseed, Millet, Rape, and Black Sunflower

White Bag AB12 Mix Wheat, Barley, Millet, Rape, Black Sunflower

White Bag AB12 Pre Mix Millet, Black Rape, Black Sunflower

Our minimum order is 1 tonne. We can do bespoke mixes when ordered in 4 tonne lots. Call the Bird Seed department to find out more. Call: 01243 784171 Email: [email protected] [email protected]

Environmental Mixes Bumblebird (AB16) ES Designed to benefit insects in the summer and wild birds in autumn. Contains: • Winter Triticale • Winter Barley • Oilseed radish • Crimson Clover • Birdsfoot Trefoil • Kale • Vetch • Alsike clover • Red clover • Mustard • Phacelia 15kg 1/2ha pack BSM1 – Bartholomew’s special mix (with cocksfoot) (AB3) ES Contains: • Crested Dogstail • Creeping Red Fescue • Cocksfoot • Timothy • Tall Fescue 20kg / ha unit

Nectar Flower Mixes AB1 ES 10% Alsike Clover 10% Birdsfoot Trefoil 5% Black Medick 40% Vetch 10% Red Clover 10% Late Flowering Red Clover 5% Lucerne 5% Sweet Clover 1.5% Knapweed 1% Musk mallow 1% Oxeye Daisy 1% Wild Carrot 0.5% Yarrow Sow 15kg per ha, 1 ha packs

AB1 Bee Mix ES Specially formulated to attract bumblebees. Contains: • Red clover • Phacelia • Birdsfoot trefoil • Sainfoin • Alsike clover • Vetch • Oxeye • Wild carrot 12.5kg / ½ ha pack

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Birdsfoot trefoil Knapweed Black medick Kidney vetch Oxeye daisy Ladys bedstraw Salad burnet Wild carrot

Flower Rich Margin ES AB8 compliant Contains: • Brown top bent • Chewings fescue • Crested dogstail • Sheeps fescue • Slender creeping • red fescue • Smooth stalked • meadow grass • Strong creeping • Red fescue • Agrimony

Yarrow

Red clover

Ribwort plantain

Sainfoin

St Johns wort White campion

10kg / ½ ha pack

BSM4 – Bartholomews Special Mix (With Wildflowers) ES Contains: • Chewings Fescue • Slender Red Fescue • Creeping Red Fescue • Hard Fescue • SSMG • Common Bent Grass • Crested Dogstail • Sainfoin • Birdsfoot Trefoil • Black Medick • Red Clover • Oxeye Daisy • Wild Carrot • Black Knapweed • Yarrow • Self-Heal (N) = native seed 6.5kg /acre unit

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2% Red Clover 1.25% Oxeye Daisy 1% Ribwort Plantain 1% Wild Carrot 0.5% Wild Marjoram 0.5% Black Knapweed 0.5% Musk Mallow 0.5% Red Campion 1% Yarrow 0.5% Self Heal. 0.25% Lady’s Bedstraw 0.25% Meadow Buttercup 0.25% Yellow Rattle

25% Slender Red Fescue

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15% Hard Fescue 12% Chewings Fescue 10% Crested Dogstail 10% SSMG 5% Sheeps Fescue 3% Brown top Bent 3% Winter Vetch 3% Sainfoin 2.5% Birdsfoot Trefoil 2.5% Black Medick

Sow 16-20Kg/ha

WF1 Designed for mixing in with grasses. Contains: • 42% Sainfoin • 10% Red Clover • 10% Birdsfoot Trefoil • 8% Winter Vetch • 6% Yarrow • 5% Lucerne • 4% Alsike Clover • 4% Black Medick • 2% Oxeye Daisy • 1.25% Musk Mallow • 1.25% Red Campion • • • • • • • • •

1.25% Wild Carrot 1% Corn Cockle 1% Selfheal 0.75% Cornflower 0.75% Goats Rue 0.5% Corn Marigold 0.5% Field Poppy 0.5% Lady’s Bedstraw 0.25% Salad Burnet

Sow 5-10Kg per ha VAT Applicable

Pollen & Nectar Mix (EF4) Pollen and nectar mixture ideal for butterflies and bees Contains: • Alsike Clover • Red Clover (max 50%) • Birdsfoot Trefoil • Sainfoin 12kg / ha unit AB15 Two year sown legume fallow ES • 10% Alsike Clover • 5% Birdsfoot Trefoil • 5% Black Medick • 50% Vetch • 15% Lucerne • 15% Red clover Sow at 15-20kg/ha

GS4 Legume and herb-rich sward ES • 25% Late Perennial Ryegrass (Diploid) • 20% Meadow Fescue • 15% Timothy • 10% SSMG • 10% Creeping Red Fescue • 10% Red Clover • 5.6% Sainfoin • 1.43% Lucerne • 1% Birdsfoot Trefoil • 1% Sheeps Burnet • 0.5% Ribwort Plantain • 0.25% Yarrow • 0.2% Oxeye Daisy • 0.02% Sheep Sorrel Sow at 35kg/ha

Winter Bird food mixes 2 year Winter Bird Food (WM1) ES

Provides a succession of feed sources for seed-eating birds. Can be sown on field margin strips at least 6 metres wide and the area re-established every other year. Contains: • Spring Triticale • Kale • Quinoa • Linseed • Oilseed radish • Stubble Turnip

20 kilo / 1/2ha pack Tree Sparrow ES Contains: • Spring Triticale • Quinoa • Red Millet • Spring Wheat • White Millet • Linseed 40kg/ha – 20kg ½ ha pack Grey Partridge ES Two-year potential • Spring Triticale • Quinoa • Fodder Radish • Spring Barley • Kale • White Millet 40kg/ha – 20kg ½ ha pack

Finch and Bunting ES Contains: • Spring Triticale • Spring Wheat • Red Millet • Fodder Radish • Spring Barley • White Millet • Mustard 40kg/ha – 20kg ½ ha pack

Linnet Mix ES Provides an abundance of small seeds. Succession of feed sources from September through to Febru- ary Ideally sown on margins and headlands Contains: • Kale • WOSR • Red Millet • White millet • Linseed • Mustard • Oilseed radish 20 kg / ½ ha pack

Jack Russell – Herbicide tolerant ES Excellent feed source with full season cover A popular and established mix Seed shed from early autumn. Grain sorghum gives winter hardiness and good structure. Contains: • Spring Triticale • Sunflower • Red millet • Grain Sorghum • White millet • Oilseed radish • Linseed 20 kilo / ½ ha pack Prolific source of small seeds Exclusive mix to Bartholomews Specially formulated as a two-year ELS compliant mixture Contains: • Buckwheat • Canary Seed • Sunflower • Caledonian Kale • Linseed • Mustard • Phacelia • Red Millet • White Millet 12.5kg / ½ ha pack (sunflower supplied in separate pack) Sunset ES Excellent driving cover with two-year potential

Top Brass ES Two-year potential Exclusive mix to Bartholomews Specially formulated ELS compliant mixture Contains: • Caledonian Kale • Oilseed Radish • Interval Forage rape • Red Millet • White Millet • Linseed 5kg / ½ ha pack Ideal for use in cooler, more exposed areas Triticale cereal helps resist rabbit damage. Brood rearing potential Established formulation and ingredients. Contains: • Spring Triticale • Linseed • Kale • Mustard • Quinoa 20kg/ ½ ha pack Labrador ES Two-year full season cover and feed.

Late Sown Options Magnet (autumn sown) Designed to provide a food source for wild birds. Sown in August/ September Will produce seed the following summer. Good pollen and nectar source Ideal soil conditioner Contains: • Winter triticale • Oilseed radish • Linseed • Mustard • Phacelia • Forage Rape 15kg/ ½ ha pack Spaniel Rescue Mix • Carbon Brassica Carinata • Oilseed radish • Forage Rape Interval • Mustard Late sowing option Excellent establishment and ground cover in adverse conditions Multi-level cover Winter hardy 5kg / 1/2ha pack General Purpose rearing Pen Ideal mixture for rearing and release pen areas. Fast establishment Hard wearing Nitrogen fixing legumes, providing insects for food. • 50% Agricultural Perennial Ryegrass • 12% Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass • 30% Strong Creeping Red Fescue • 8% Timothy Sow 25kg/ha

Sorghum and Maize For a number of seasons now maize and sorghum, either as a mix or straight crops, has been the mainstay of most people’s cover crops. The development in varieties within both crops and particularly the ability to choose your height for sorghum has made them very popular. Please find listed below a brief summary of the basic guidelines for both maize and sorghum. Should you require some more detailed maize information, we have produced a guide which is available on request. Gamecover Maize Providing a tall, upright plant, maize is an attractive cover for game birds. As there is little cover at low height, it allows the birds to move freely underneath. The added benefit of maize is that it does also produces a feed value. Can be partnered well with Millet, Maize or Kale. Wherever possible always plough for the new crop. Maize Eyespot and Fusarium can be serious problems given the right conditions and ploughing down the old crop residue as soon as possible will help to minimise disease carry over. Maize is very sensitive to pH; if it is below 6 then this needs to be addressed. A soil test should be carried out if unsure. Seedbeds need to be worked to produce 6 inches of tilth and be compaction free. Maize needs a consistent soil temperature of 8 degrees to grow properly. When making the decision to drill, please ensure that the risk of frost is past which usually means from mid-April onwards. Please ensure to sow at the correct depth. Seed rate is also important as reducing this can have a positive impact upon standing ability. If grown with other crops, it is best to drill the elements separately ensuring that each one is at the correct depth, which may mean drilling twice. Plan your herbicide programmes before you sow your crop, taking into account any known problems or limitations if the maize is to be sown as part of a mixture. Sown as a straight crop, maize presents a good opportunity to use some very strong weed control options.

Bartholomews Maize Blend (Trigger) WH F • Will achieve a spread of maturity cob ripeness and supply a valuable source of feed – tried and tested. • A blend combining early, intermediate and late varieties. • All varieties are selected for good early vigour and standing power. • Korit + Redigo M treated • 50,000 seed pack • Suitable variety for the more challenging maize growing areas. • Can be sown as late as mid-June. • When sown in June compact growth habit will ensure beating lines are kept straight • Korit + Redigo M treated • 50,000 seed packs Bartholomews Gamecover Maize WH F • Excellent early vigour and superb standing power Bartholomews Late Maturing Maize WH F • Extremely late maturity • Suitable for areas where deer and badgers are a problem. • Cobs do not mature past watery ripe stage in normal growing years. • Also known as cob-less maize • Korit +Redigo M treated • 50,000 seed pack

Sorghum Sorghum shares the same tillage requirements as maize and is equally as sensitive to pH but there are some very important differences. Sorghum requires a consistent soil temperature of 14-15 degrees, which is a lot higher than maize. It is a very com- mon mistake to sow the crop before these temperatures are reached. In a typical year, this probably will not be until early June. Correct drilling depth is also critical, again taking mixture requirements into account. Herbicide programmes within the sorghum crop require some extra thought as grass weed con- trol is not possible. If there are any known grass weed prob- lems and the crop is still to be sown, effective use of a stale seedbed is vital. In some cases, choosing a different product may be the best option for controlling weeds. Dwarf Sorghum - Variety – Shorty WH • Adds warmth to maize when sown adjacent. • Ideal for driving and winter cover. • Can make excellent flushing points within maize. • Excellent replacement for kale • Best sown in June or when soil temp is 14°c. • 10kg / ½ ha pack

Intermediate Sorghum - Variety - DP2 WH • Ideal replacement for maize • Makes excellent controlled driving cover. • Herbicide use possible. • Best sown in June or when soil temp is 14°c. • 10kg / ½ ha pack

Giant Sorghum - Variety - Jumbo Star WH • Good vigour and fast growth • Tall dense cover ideally used for a windbreak around maize. • Can reach a height of 5-6ft. • Greater standing power due to thicker stem • Crops can screen guns allowing them to get into position without disturbing the birds. • 10kg / ½ ha pack Millet A good companion to either Maize or Kale, the Millet adds a warming element to the cover. Bartholomews Millet Blend F • Mixture ensures a wider window of seed shed. • A carefully blended mixture of white and red millet • Excellent feed value from September to December • Ideal for use with maize crops • Provides an excellent feed block if sown adjacent to maize. • Can be cross drilled or broadcast in maize crops to add feed value and reduce draughts. • 12kg/ha pack Bartholomews White Millet F • This high yielding type will provide huge seed yields. • Ideal for use with maize crops • Can be used as a feeding block or flushing point. • 25kg/ha pack Bartholomews Red Millet F • Good partner to maize or sorghum • Earlier maturing than white millet

Magic Millet Blend WH F • A winter hardy millet blend ideal for all seasons cover. • Magic Millet can be used as a windbreak. • Magic Millet includes reed, red and white millet which adds valuable feed potential. • Drill in wide rows to obtain maximum bird use. • 20kg/ha • 10kg ½ ha pack • Ideal seed source for partridges, pheasants and farmland birds • Intolerant to acid soils • A good companion to Kale • 10kg/ha Sunflowers Medium Sunflowers F • Complement to maize crops. • Taller growth habit • Thick stems • Grows to approx. 2 metres. • 12kg/ha pack Dwarf Sunflowers F • Short growth habit • Grows to approx. 1.5 metres. • High seed yields • 12kg/ha pack Quinoa F • Sheds large number of seed.

Kale Best drilled in rows facing the direction the birds are to be flushed, and through cross drilling of the ends of the plot can help make the cover warmer. Despite being a good cover, Kale offers no feed value, so will either need to be partnered with a seed bearing crop or supplementary feeding. Has the potential to last for two seasons. Be aware of clubroot on con- tinuous sites and choose varieties accordingly. Caledonian WH • The first kale bred with club root resistance. • Can be continuously sown on brassica sick sites. • A taller kale allowing for easier bird access. • Excellent germination and vigour potential • Winter hardy • 2 kg, ½ ha pack Carbon WH • Very fast establishment • Frost tolerant. • Kale/mustard hybrid • Similar to Utopia/Texsel Greens • Best sown in June or July • Can be sown into cereal stubbles. • Not as winter hardy as other kale • 2 kg, ½ ha pack Keeper WH • Good early vigour • Provides good leaf cover. • Medium height • Winter hardy • 2 kg, ½ ha pack

Other Brassicas Interval (Rape/Kale Hybrid) WH •

Excellent establishment and early vigour Winter hardy full season cover Fantastic fast growing rape with kale parentage

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• Ideal replacement for kale when sown in June or July. • Can also be used as a pioneer or rescue crop. • 5kg packs • 6 kg / ha Perennial Crops

Perennial Chicory WH • Drought tolerant • Spring sown. • Deep rooting •

Excellent driving cover in second year Ideally mix with other species in first year

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5kg/ha pack Canary Grass (Phalaris aquatic) WH •

Will grow on poor soils and exposed areas. Second year growth can reach 2 metres. Takes two years to become fully established. Perennial cover

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Driving or nesting cover

• 6kg/ha pack Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) WH • Ideal for sowing on poor wet soils. • Good driving and nesting cover • Tall perennial cover • 6kg/ha pack

Long term Perennial mixes • Ideal where annual planting may not be an option. Provides long term cover (three years plus) • Requires a partner crop in the first year to give it some substance. • Partner options are kale, medium sorghum or triticale. • Superb value for money • Sowing rate 12kg per ha •

LTP 1 •

Contains: - o Canary grass o Reed Canary grass o Yellow blossom sweet clover o Red clover o Common green fennel

LTP 2 (with Cocksfoot) •

Provides more tussocky nesting cover.

• contains: - o Canary grass o Reed Canary grass o Yellow blossom sweet clover o Cocksfoot o Red clover o Common green fennel

Custom Mixes Sometimes the need arises for a custom-made mixture to meet specific requirements; these may be to meet environmental requirements or purely your own preference and what works best for you. Please find listed below the seeds that are available to choose from:

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Clover

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Maize Linseed Millet Sorghum Sunflowers Phacelia Buckwheat Fodder Beet

Forage Rape Yellow Mustard Brown Mustard Fodder Radish Stubble Turnips Vetches Canary Grass Perennial Chicory

Swede Kale Quinoa Wheat Barley Oats Triticale Lucerne

Triticale Cocksfoot Timothy Ryegrass Wildflowers Miscanthus Westerwolds

Yellow Sweet Blossom Clover

Please allow 3-5 working days for delivery. Due to the varying individual nature of the mixtures, all orders, once placed, cannot be cancelled or returned after delivery.

Independent surveys show that by using a diet containing. fishmeal, not only do you raise healthier birds, but you save money!

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You use a smaller amount to feed your birds. Birds mature and develop earlier. Birds develop a stronger immune system. You achieve better food conversion. There is a higher survival rate. Healthy birds mean fewer medical bills.

Diets include fishmeal. Quality raw materials Comprehensive advisory service

Timed deliveries using our own fleet of vehicles.

The protein in fishmeal is an excellent source of the essential amino acids’ lysine, methionine and tryptophan. • The use of fishmeal has been shown to increase the omega- 3-fatty acid content of meat. • Excellent source of calcium and phosphorus in a highly available form, unlike some of the calcium and phosphorus in plant proteins.

For further details and information on all our Game Feed range, please contact:

Craig Coughtrey Game Feed Manager Mobile: 07970 292 211

The Superior Feed for Pheasants, Partridges and Ducks

Pheasant Breeder Pellets 3.0mm Finely balanced quality feed of high protein combining correct levels of vitamins and minerals. Partridge Mini Breeder Pellets 2.5mm A high-energy feed, formulated specifically, for partridges, in a minisize pellet. Super Fine Crumbs For day-old partridges and pheasants, high protein, super-fine crumb to encourage consumption. Super Starter Crumbs Ideal for day-old pheasant and partridge chicks with high protein, vitamin and mineral specification.

Chick Crumb Follow on from Super Fine and Super Starter, suitable and small enough for day-old pheasants. Chick Micro Pellets 2.0mm Micro-sized pellets, ideal to convert. pheasant and partridge chicks from crumbs to pellets. Grower Mini Pellets 2.5mm Follow on from Micro Pellets, high protein and energy for strong, healthy, well-feathered poults. Rearer Pellets 3.0mm Recommended for pheasant poults going to wood, balance of protein, vitamins and minerals.

For further details and information, please contact:

Seed department Call: 01243 755620 Email: [email protected] Sales Support Tel: 01243 784171 Email: [email protected]

BerwickStLeonard Salisbury 01243755665 [email protected]

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