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SOMMERFUTTER

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…grass-clover blend for harvest in first growing year

Benefits:

  • viterra® SOMMERFUTTER provides additional quality fodder as a summer cover crop
  • Lolium multiflorum provides sufficient structure, Persian clover is high in proteins
  • Vigorously growing Lolium multiflorum makes a winter vegetation after harvest possible
  • High pioneer value due to good root penetration and tilth
  • Suitable for Carbon Farming

Blend details:

Weight % : 36 % Italian ryegrass
36 % annual ryegrass
28 % persian clover FELIX
Free of crucifers : yes
Free of legumes : no

Crop rotation suitability:

Maize++
Cereals++
Oilseed rape++
Sugar beets+
Potatoes
Legumes
+ suitable / ++ strongly recommended

Usage:

  • Green manure
  • Biogas- and fodder production
  • Humus formation
  • Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
  • Protection against erosion
  • Nitrogen fixation

Agronomic features:

Weed suppression: 4
Protection against erosion: 6
Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: 1
Humus formation: 5
Cold- and frost resistance: 3
Drought tolerance: 5
bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
Type of rootTuft root
Rooting depth120 cm

Cultivation recommendations:

Recommended sowing rate 25 - 30 kg/ha
Sowing depth 2 - 4 cm
Sowing period Late June to late July (for greening until the end of August)
Fertilization An early fertilization to promote the initial development is recommended.
Crop protection Usually there is no crop protection required
Sowing method Drill sowing ensure high crop emergences
Harvest As green forage and silage with loader wagon or with chopper after prewilting phase
Harvest date October

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