Soil Booster Gold
Soil Booster Gold is a catch crop mixture offering a wide variety of benefits due to the diverse nature of the species included. It will aid water infiltration, helping drainage while also suppressing weeds from its ability to produce a large amount of biomass in a short window.
Key benefits
- Nitrogen fixing
- Organic matter
- Supress weeds
- Reduce nitrogen leaching
- Biomass production
- Soil conditioning
- Improved drainage
Mixture breakdown: Soil Booster Gold (1ha)
| Catch crops | Weight (kg) |
| Tillage radish | 2.00kg |
| Forage rape | 1.00kg |
| Mustard | 2.00kg |
| Linseed | 2.00kg |
| Phacelia | 2.00kg |
| Vetch | 4.00kg |
| Crimson clover | 2.00kg |
| Total | 15.00 kg |
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Sowing rate: 2 ha pack – 22 kg
Sowing time: Sow from mid-July up until 15 September if sowing for ACRES
Sowing depth: 10-15 mm
Sowing instructions: Cultivate to achieve a fine, firm seedbed. Ploughing is not permitted if sowing in the ACRES scheme. Sow in good conditions (warm with rain forecast). Roll after sowing to ensure good soil/seed contact.
After sowing: Crop must remain in place until after 1 January if sown within ACRES. Leaving the crop in place over winter will help improve soil structure and reduce soil erosion.