GOLDENEYE
“Goldeneye Kale has performed tremendously well for us over the past 2 years. The club root tolerance is a massive benefit to us. We particularly like this variety as it grows to a good height providing excellent cover and has a strong thick stem that can tolerate the beaters walking through it for all of our 35 – 40 days. We apply plenty of farmyard manure and give it the best start we can, as it is a vital cover for holding our pheasants and helps provide the 300 – 400 bird days”.
Brian Jones, Dinmore Farms, Hereford December 2014
Goldeneye is a giant type kale especially bred for the game cover market, selected for the optimum combination of height and leaf production.
It has a leafy top, strong stem, good winter hardiness and good field tolerance of disease, making it the ideal choice for game cover usage.
Goldeneye achieved a higher vigour score than Caledonian kale and better club root tolerance in a trial conducted at the Scottish Agricultural College in Aberdeen
| Seed Rate | Pack Size | Seed Treatment |
| 3 - 7.5kg/ha | 1kg & 5kg | Untreated |
Technical Specifications
Club root tolerant
About Your Countryside
Your Countryside is DLF's diverse range of species and specialist mixtures, including Game Cover, Environmental Stewardship, Root Crops and Cover Crops. If you are struggling to find something to suit your needs, please contact your local technical expert who will be able to assist and advise you on your specialist mixture.
Contact the forage team
Agricultural & Specialist Seeds Team:
Telephone: 01506 894820
Email: forage@dlf.co.uk
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Game Cover
Our range of game cover mixtures are specially formulated to ensure you will be able to achieve the best from your cover crops. Combining different species into a mixture can extend the utilisation period, help to attract and hold specific types of game and provide feed and cover where both are required.
Kale
The main advantage of kale is that it will provide cover for the whole shooting season. Pheasants particularly like the combination of a good canopy and bare ground which allows easy movement in a relatively dry environment.