Description
Top Crop Brassica & Herbs forage blend is fast establishing, producing high quality feed 6-8 weeks after sowing with chicory, red clover, leafy turnip, brassica rape and plantain.
Top Crop Brassica & Herbs has a reliable mix of species with potential for multiple grazing’s through the summer period when traditional pasture quality & production decreases. Top Crop Brassica and Herbs responds well to summer rainfall and with its superior regrowth potential it’s an ideal blend if you are looking for high energy, high DM through to late summer.
The addition of the chicory and plantain in Top Crop Brassica & Herbs adds high yielding, very high quality and leafy herbs which show rapid re-growth, strong insect resistance and good drought tolerance. This blend combines herbs and clovers with a brassica crop, allowing the brassica to act as a cover crop as the other species establish.
Take advantage of the established chicory, plantain herbs and red clover by oversowing with an italian ryegrass such as Vibe Italian Ryegrass or a hybrid ryegrass such as Frenzy NEA.
Top Crop Brassica & Herbs forage blend contains a unique blend of
- Top Crop Chicory
- Reaper Red Clover
- Pasja II Leafy Turnip
- Pillar Forage Rape
- Titan Forage Rape
- Oracle Plantain
Our Top Crop blends are unique summer forage varieties that can deliver high quality summer feed. Top Crop blends have a proven track record for delivering feed for stock when you need it most.
Blend | Top Crop Brassica & Herbs |
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Species | Chicory, Red Clover, Leafy Turnip, Brassica Rape, Plantain |
Sowing date | Late September – November |
Sowing depth | 5-10mm |
Sowing rate | 10 kg/ha |
Ready to graze | 50-65 days |
Potential grazings | 3-4 |
Autumn oversowing potential | Yes, with short term grasses |
Number of grazings | 2-4 |