Quick Establishment Ground Cover Plants
A diversity of grass and legumes combined with a high sowing rate will provide the quick establishment of good ground cover. Oats or barely (120-150 kg/ha) or blue lupin (100 kg/ha) can provide fast, temporary cover on more gentle slopes with a good layer of topsoil.
The sowing rates can be increased by 25 % for more severe situations and decreased by 25 % if some topsoil is present.
When oversowing slip faces use a 'pumice' mix as represented in the table below and add 3 kg/ha red clover (eg 'Grasslands Colenso') and 10 kg/ha birdsfoot trefoil (eg 'Grasslands Goldie').
Ensure that all legume seed has been inoculated with a suitable rhizobium before sowing.
If soil pH is below 5.0 lime as required.
Apply superphosphate at 450 kg/ha and sulphate of ammonia at 250 kg/ha (split between two dressings) or a compound of NPK fertiliser (12:10:10) at 500 kg/ha when fertiliser is required.
Cultivating the soil by running sheep briefly through or using chain harrows will incorporate the seed into the soil help improve germination.
Sites may be mulched with shredded paper or wood fibre (1000-1500 kg/ha) or straw (2500-6500 kg/ha) to protect against rain splash, drying out and seed/fertiliser retention.
If the site is too steep or unstable seed may be sown by hydroseeding where commercial operators spray a slurry of mulch, seed, fertiliser, adhesives and water over the area.

Proportions of Grass/Legume Seed Mix For Disturbed Sites Using 135 kg/ha
Species/Cultivar	Standard	Pumice
Annual ryegrass 'Grassland Moata'	24	30
Browntop 'Grassland Muster'	6	6
Cocksfoot 'Grassland Wana'	18	6
Lotus peduculatus 'Grassland Maku'	6	12
Perennial ryegrass 'Grassland Nui'	15	15
Subterranean clover 'Mt Barker'	24	12
Suckling clover	6	12
White Clover 'Grassland Pitau'	18	12
Yorkshire Fog 'Massey Basyn'	18	30
Total	135	135
NB: Pumice mix is suggested for coarse ash soils and pumice country.

Trees And Shrubs

Native Species Suitable For Disturbed Sites
Carmichaelia grandiflora	Whaupaku
Cassinia leptophylla	Tauhinu, Cottonwood
Coprosma lucida	Shinning Karamu
C. robusta	Karamu
Cortaderia toetoe	Toetoe
Dodonaea viscosa	Akeake
Griselinia littoralis	Papauma, Broadleaf
G. lucida	Puka
Hebe stricta	Koromiko
Kunzea ericoides	Kanuka
Leptospermum scoparium	Manuka
Metrosideros excelsa	Pohutukawa
Olearia albida	Tanguru
O. paniculata	Akiraho
O. solandri	Coastal Tree Daisy
Phormium tenax	Harakeke, Flax
Pittosporum crassifolium	Karo
P. tenuifolium	Kohuhu
Pomaderris apetala	Tainui
Sophora tetraptera	Kowhai