game cover mixtures - Countrywide Farmers

38SwedeCREATE sauce pan iconSwedes are a full season root crop which are mainly fed in situ;but can also be lifted and stored in a clamp. They do best in areasof high rainfall, so are generally grown in the more northerly andwestern areas of the UK. Swedes also need good soil conditionsand good drainage as they are sensitive to poor drainage; they dobest in soils with a ph of approximately 6.5. Varieties are generallyclassed as fodder or culinary types; however there are some dualpurpose types.All natural seed is packed in 1 kg packsThiram and Sepiret treatedAll graded seed is packed in 0.5 kg packsCruiser Flea Beetle treatedSwede Yield and Feed QualityAverage dry matter yield 7 - 10 tonnes/haAverage fresh yields 70 - 80 tonnes/haDry matter 9 - 13%Crude protein 10 - 11%Digestibility value82DMetabolisable energy 12.8 - 13.1 MJ/kg DMICON keyculinaryconsumptionAirlieAirlie is a low to medium dry mattervariety with a very high fresh yieldand good disease resistance. It is adual purpose variety suitable forfodder and culinary use with purpleskin and creamy white flesh. Airlie isan early to intermediate use variety.MarianMarian is a medium dry mattervariety with moderate resistanceto Club Root. It is a dual purposevariety suitable for fodder andculinary use with yellow colouredflesh and purple skin.Ruta OtofteRuta Otofte is a medium dry mattervariety with good Mildew resistance.It is a dual purpose variety suitablefor fodder and culinary use withpurple skin and cream colouredflesh. Ruta Otofte is a popular varietywith sheep farmers.KenmoreKenmore is an early maturingvariety with medium dry matter,best suited as stock feed not culinaryuse. It has good winter hardinesswhich means it has a very wideutilisation window. Kenmore hasbronze skin with white flesh.Variety Airlie Marian Ruta Otofte KenmoreForage ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓Culinary ✓ ✓ ✓Root shape (9=globe 1=tankard) 5 4 5 ✓Skin colour Light purple Purple Dark purple BronzeFlesh colour Creamy white Yellow Cream WhiteSeed Rate Calculator Guide - No. of Seeds X 1000SpacingsRow Width18” 20” 22” 24” 26” 28”Spacings 2” 174 157 143 131 121 112Spacings 3” 116 105 95 87 80 75Spacings 4” 87 78 71 65 60 56Spacings 5” 70 63 57 52 48 45Spacings 6” 58 52 48 44 40 37(For seed size grade H (1.75 - 2.00mm) 1000 seed weight grade H approx 3.2g)