viterra® Cover crop blend
UNTERSAAT GRAS
... for sustainable maize cropping
Benefits:
- Optimal for carbon farming and regenerative agriculture
- Effectively protects against wind and water erosion in winter
- Early growing Lolium multiflorum combined with late growing perennial ryegrass guarantees a high crop reliability
- Increases soil sustainability and reduces dirt on the roads during harvest
- Grass blend of Lolium multiflorum (tetraploid) and perennial ryegrass (diploid) for use as undersown crop in maize
- After the maize harvest, the grass continues to develop and binds available nitrogen
- viterra® UNTERSAAT stabilizes humus balance even during tight maize crop rotations
Blend details:
Seeds % : | 50 % perennial ryegrass 50 % Italian ryegrass |
Free of crucifers : | yes |
Free of legumes : | yes |
Winter hardy : | yes |
Crop rotation suitability:
Maize | ++ |
Cereals | |
Oilseed rape | |
Sugar beets | |
Potatoes | |
Intensive crops | |
Legumes | |
+ suitable / ++ strongly recommended |
Usage:
- Green manure
- Humus formation
- Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
- Protection against erosion
Agronomic features:
Weed suppression: | 3 |
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Protection against erosion: | 8 |
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Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: | 7 |
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Humus formation: | 9 |
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Cold- and frost resistance: | 9 |
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Drought tolerance: | 6 |
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Type of root | Tuft root |
Rooting depth | 80 cm |
Cultivation recommendations:
Recommended sowing rate | 10 - 15 kg/ha |
Sowing depth | 2 - 4 cm |
Sowing period | 6 - 8 weeks after maize sowing, to 6 - 8 leaf stage of maize |
Fertilization | Relevanter Leguminosenanteil laut DüV: 0 % |
Crop protection | Soil-active herbicides only up to the 2 - 3 leaf stage of maize with reduced application rate; in the 6 -8 leaf stage use only foliar herbicides |
Sowing method | With pneumatic spreader, harrow or together with slurry fertilisation in standing maize crop |
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