BAR GS4

Key benefits

• This diverse mixture has been proven to provide a hardy, long grazing season for livestock with the multi legume species to fix nutrients and sustain year-long production
• Including flowering species, this mixture provided vital beneficial pollinators feed and shelter
• Deep penetrating roots will improve soil structure and have the ability to make the best use of the available soil nutrients, moisture and minerals

Where to use BarGS4

• arable land
• temporary grassland
• permanent grassland that has been cultivated and re-sown within the last 5 years

How to use BarGS4

• GS4 allows very limited use of pesticides so only choose fields that do not have a burden of weeds or slugs.
• Soil that has a pH more than than 6.0 and that is above index 2 for phosphorus and potassium. Soil can be improved with lime, manures or Phosphate and potassium (but not Nitrogen) fertiliser.
• Sow before the end of Summer to allow establishment before Winter sets-in
• Recommend sowing rate of 30kg/ha
• Sow shallowly on to a firm, clean, fine seedbed. Or, sow into an established grass sward. 

BarGS4 - Legume and herb-rich sward

1.75kg     Glasker                   Perennial Ryegrass Early Dip.

1.75kg     Dundrod                 Perennial Ryegrass Late Dip.

1.00kg     Comer                    Timothy

2.00kg     Bardoux                 Tall Fescue

1.00kg     Laura                      Meadow Fescue

1.50kg     Dascada                 Cocksfoot

0.25kg     Alice                       White Clover Large Leaf

0.25kg     Crusader                White Clover Medium Leaf

1.50kg     Discovery              Red Clover Late

0.10kg     Sanfoin                  Legume

0.10kg     Birdsfoot Trefoil   Legume

0.80kg     Vetches                 Vetch

0.15kg     Chicory                  Forage Herb

0.15kg     Plantain                  Plantain

0.05kg     Yarrow                    Herb

0.05kg     Sheeps Parsley     Herb

0.10kg     Burnet                    Herb

^{*Correct at time of creation, it is the growers responsibility to check the requirements of each scheme are met.}