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David Bright targets costs with perennial cover
by
Jez Abbott
HortWeek.com
02 January 2009
A seed specialist has launched a cost-effective cover aimed at shoot managers wanting to trim budgets because of the credit crunch.
David Bright said the perennial Miscanthus would offer keepers and shoot managers "tangible savings" over its long lifespan. Bright said the plant's estimated productive lifespan was between 10 and 20 years, an increase on some of the more traditional gamecover crops. "Miscanthus has a high value as a gamecover crop and nursery for young pheasants and partridges," he said....
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