The Grass Seed Cleaning Plant at Lower Blakemere: What It Does and Why It Matters

At Lower Blakemere, we run a dedicated grass seed cleaning plant at our farmyard in Tyberton, just a mile down the road. This facility plays a key role in making sure the grass seed we sell is of the highest quality. After all, freshly harvested seed isn’t ready to go straight into the ground—it needs to be cleaned and prepared first.

How the Seed Cleaning Process Works
Our seed cleaning plant uses a range of techniques to get rid of dirt, weeds, and other impurities. Here’s how it works:

Pre-Cleaning: When seed comes in from the field, it goes through a pre-cleaning stage, which removes large bits of debris like sticks, leaves, and dirt. This makes the seed easier to work with.
Sieving and Screening: The next step involves running the seed through several sieves, each designed to filter out material based on size. Larger debris is caught by the top sieves, while finer materials like dust and tiny weed seeds fall through the bottom. The grass seed, which is just the right size, stays on the middle layers, ready for the next stage.
Air Separation: Here, we use a controlled air flow to separate lighter materials, such as chaff or hollow seeds, from the heavier, viable grass seeds. This ensures we end up with only the best-quality seed.
Final Inspection: Once cleaned, the seed is inspected, packaged, and stored in ideal conditions, ready to be sold.

Why Seed Cleaning is Important
Having our own seed cleaning plant is crucial for a few reasons:

Top Quality: Clean, pure seed grows better, which is why it’s so important for us to make sure the product we sell is the best it can be. Removing weeds and impurities also protects our customers from unwanted plants cropping up in their fields or lawns.
Meeting Standards: The seed needs to meet industry standards for purity and germination. With our own plant, we can ensure it does.
Saving Time and Costs: By cleaning the seed ourselves, we don’t have to outsource the work, which saves time and money and helps us keep prices competitive.

What It Means for Our Farm
The seed cleaning plant at Tyberton is a big part of what makes our operation at Lower Blakemere successful. It allows us to turn raw seed into a high-quality product we can confidently sell, while also keeping control over the entire process. Plus, by doing this on-site, we’re reducing our environmental impact by cutting down on transport.

In short, our seed cleaning plant isn’t just about making the seed look good—it’s about providing the best possible product for our customers, from start to finish. You can order grass seed direct from our farm through Wiggly Wigglers