Game Maize
The key characteristics of a good maize crop for holding game are that it has good early vigour and stands through the shooting season.
Some people are looking for a very early variety that produces early cobs and can be flailed off as the season progresses to provide a good food source. Others want a very late maturing variety that doesn’t produce any feed value so as not to attract the unwanted attention of corvids, rats, badgers and deer. And somewhere in the middle sit the majority of our customers who are looking for a maize that gets away strongly, produces cobs that mature in October and stands through the season.
- Pirro game maize (FAO 210) - proven variety with good standing power, disease resistance and early maturity.
- Magnato (FAO 240) - slightly taller variety but still stands well, slightly later to mature than Pirro
- Agroking late (no-cob) maize (FAO 600) - very late maturing with good standing power.
Mixture specification
Sowing and establishment
- Seed treatment - Optiplus - includes thefungicide, Maxim XL, thebird repellent, Korit, and themicronutrients, Magnesiumand Zinc. Optiplus protects the seed and emerging seedling as well as improving root growth and early vigour.
- Bag size - 50,000 seeds
