Blue Circle

A multi-purpose, long term mixture

Nickerson Blue Circle - Sheep grazing
  • Grazing: 5 out of 5 rating
  • Silage: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Hay: 5 out of 5 rating
  • Early Spring Growth: 4 out of 5 rating
  • Persistency: 5 - 8 years
  • Pack Size: 14kg

Blue Circle is a multi-purpose, long term mixture designed for the farmer who wants exceptional all-round performance from his grass

Blue Circle achieves this by having a selected range of ryegrasses of different heading dates and growth habits. Silage with a high dry matter is readily achieved with Blue Circle.

Blue Circle is ideal for long term grazing of sheep and suckler cows. By using a carefully selected blend of Ryegrasses, Clover and Timothy, grass with high digestibility, sugar and protein content is produced.

Strengths

  • Very early bite and silage

  • Responds well to high and low inputs

  • Top class grazing

Technical Information

Mixture Constituents

Blue Circle is available in a number of variations:

Growth Promoting Agent (GPA)

Seed Film Coating

Seed Quality

Germination Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass80%90% +
Italian Ryegrass75%85% +
Hybrid Ryegrass75%85% +

Purity Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMHVSCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Italian Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Hybrid Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England
Nickerson Blue Circle - Sheep grazing
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Blue Circle

A multi-purpose, long term mixture
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Blue Circle is a multi-purpose, long term mixture designed for the farmer who wants exceptional all-round performance from his grass

Blue Circle achieves this by having a selected range of ryegrasses of different heading dates and growth habits. Silage with a high dry matter is readily achieved with Blue Circle.

Blue Circle is ideal for long term grazing of sheep and suckler cows. By using a carefully selected blend of Ryegrasses, Clover and Timothy, grass with high digestibility, sugar and protein content is produced.

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Key Strengths

  • Very early bite and silage

  • Responds well to high and low inputs

  • Top class grazing

Mixture Details

Mixture Constituents

• Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Dip) 560 seeds/m2 

• Intermediate Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 150 seeds/m2 

• Late Perennial Ryegrass (Dip) 340 seeds/m2 

• Late Perennial Ryegrass (Tet) 350 seeds/m2 

• Hybrid Ryegrass (Tet) 70 seeds/m2 

• Timothy 620 seeds/m2 

• White Clover 350 seeds/m2

Blue Circle is available in a number of variations:

• Blue Rotation (without clover)

• Organic Blue - Available with organically produced constituents

Growth Promoting Agent (GPA)

To improve establishment, most Circle Leys are treated with a GPA and Seed Film Coating as standard.

GPA (Growth Promoting Agent) is a researched blend of nutrients essential for plant growth. These stimulate seedling germination, particularly under stress conditions and also encourage larger root systems, enabling the plants to absorb soil nutrients more efficiently.

Seed Film Coating

Seed Film Coating is a technique that forms a polymer film around the seed in which a range of conventional and innovative seed treatments can be carried. Seed Film Coating offers a number of major benefits to the seed and its application.

• Accurate application of GPA seed treatment

• Increased efficacy of the GPA

• Less dust in the seed

• Improved establishment

Seed Quality

Mixture trialling

Nickerson believe in the importance of mixture trialling. Recommended Lists from DARD, NIAB and SAC are used as a starting point, but these take little account of how individual varieties perform when grown together in a farmer’s grass ley. This is where Nickerson research begins.

Mixture trialling is the key to ensuring that only the very best grass mixtures find their way onto your farm.

Highest seed standards possible

Good establishment is essential to achieve full production potential. Poor establishment results in weed invasion, increased poaching and loss of yield. Seed of the highest quality is therefore critical to achieve good establishment.

Germination Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass80%90% +
Italian Ryegrass75%85% +
Hybrid Ryegrass75%85% +

Germination standards achieved by Circle Leys

Purity Standards

SPECIESUK CERTIFIED SEED LEGAL MINIMUMHVSCIRCLE LEYS TARGET
Perennial Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Italian Ryegrass96%98%98% +
Hybrid Ryegrass96%98%98% +

Nickerson purity standards are higher than the UK certified seed legal minimum and HVS

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