Traditional horse & pony grazing mixes
Grass mixes for natural horsemanship
NH03 Long Term Grazing Ley
Natural Horsemanship Long Term Grazing Ley

If you are looking to establish new leys to follow the natural horsemanship approach.

 

The key to these mixtures is to exclude perennial ryegrass.

This can be too aggressive for other species to compete.

The mixture offers a wide range of species to graze on and will produce a high yield.

 

The mixture listed best suits heavy land if you have light or limestone soils we can do an equivalent version for your soil type.

Species

Variety

Kilos

Meadow fescue

Rossa

3.0

Smooth stalk meadow grass

Sobra

2.0

Timothy

Promesse

1.5

Cocksfoot

Prarial

1.5

Creeping red fescue

Coral

1.5

Sheep’s Fesuce

 

1.5

Rough Stalk meadow

Grass

 

0.5

Chewings fescue

Wilma

1.0

Mixed herbs

 

0.5

 

Chicory

 

 

Sheep’s burnet

 

 

Sheep’s Parsley

 

 

Ribgrass

 

 

Yarrow

 

Total

 

13.0

It contains no perennial ryegrass. This is for two reasons.

  • It is believed that  ryegrass leys may increase the likelihood of laminitis.
  • Secondly ryegrass is generally too aggressive for some of the beneficial wild flowers to establish
To Order:

Calculate what quantity you require then put the number of the acres you require in the appropriate box or boxes.

Please note the prices are per acre.

Prices:
 
NH03 Long Term Grazing Ley
1 acre £54.00
2 acres £104.00
5 acres £210.00
10 acres £400.00
 
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