EG27 Special Grazing Mixture
This mixture is based on descriptions taken from Victorian seed merchants' catalogues.  Traditional grazing mixtures contain a much wider range of grasses and herbs than modern ley mixtures, making them ideally suited to low input extensive grazing systems and for 'amenity grazing' such as in country parks and pony paddocks.

 

The mixture works by using a blend of plants with complimentary characteristics.  Ryegrass (upon which modern mixes are based) requires a regular supply of nitrogen and good rainfall and only responds well when growing conditions are optimal.  Other grasses are hardier and less demanding.  Cocksfoot can grow well in drier conditions; meadow fescue and timothy are useful in cold, wet soils.  The legumes in the mixtures will fix nitrogen, feeding the grass.  Herbs and legumes also make the grazing more palatable, with a higher protein and mineral content than a pure grass ley.

 

The typical composition of EG27 is as follows:

 

EG27 Special Grazing Mixture
%  

grasses

common name
2.0   Agrostis castellana Highland Bent
5.0   Alopecurus pratensis Meadow Fox-tail
8.0   Cynosurus cristatus Crested Dogstail
12.0   Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot
4.0   Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue
6.0   Festuca pratensis Meadow Fescue
10.0   Festuca rubra Red Fescue
30.0   Lolium perenne Kent Perennial Ryegrass
3.0   Phleum pratense Timothy
5.0   Poa trivialis Rough-stalked Meadow-grass
%    

agricultural herbs
and legumes

  
2.0   Achillea millefolium Yarrow
4.0   Lotus corniculatus Birdsfoot Trefoil
4.0   Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain
3.0   Trifolium pratense Red Clover
2.0   Trifolium repens Kent Wild White Clover
 
 

 

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