Yellow Rattle is an attractive, partially parasitic, grassland annual. Once it is established it can reduce the competitive vigour of certain grasses by up to 50%, thus benefiting other sown wild flowers. You will find it included in a number of our mixes.The most suitable sites for Yellow Rattle will be grassland of low to medium fertility and with a balanced sward which is not dominated by coarse vigorous grasses. Prepare for sowing by cutting the grass very short (25mm) or by grazing very hard and open up sites for germination by harrowing, raking or lightly discing, aiming to create up to 50% bare soil.
Yellow Rattle seed must be sown in autumn as it needs to be chilled through the winter to trigger its germination the following spring. Harvested in Somerset.

Sowing Rate: Upt to 1g per square metre.
Mixtures may be ordered in 0.1 kg increments from 0.1 kg upwards. Quantities up to 10 kilos at the kilo rate, thereafter prices on request.

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