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viterra® Cover crop blend

BRACHE

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... fallow mixture with grasses

Benefits:

  • Simple, persistent and requires little management
  • Ideal for fallow areas 
  • Festuca rubra forms a dense scar so that weeds are reliably suppressed
  • Festuca species establish even in drought conditions, white clover provides independent nitrogen supply

Blend details:

Seeds % : 53 % Red fescue
26 % meadow fescue
21 % White clover
Free of crucifers : yes
Free of legumes : no
Winter hardy : yes

Usage:

  • No multiplication of beet cyst nematodes
  • Green manure
  • Biogas- and fodder production
  • Humus formation
  • Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
  • Protection against erosion
  • Nitrogen fixation

Agronomic features:

Weed suppression: 7
Protection against erosion: 8
Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: 7
Humus formation: 8
Cold- and frost resistance: 9
Drought tolerance: 7
bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
Type of root Tuft root
Rooting depth 80 cm

Cultivation recommendations:

Recommended sowing rate 15 - 20 kg/ha
Sowing depth 1 - 2 cm
Sowing period Fall sowing: beginning of August - middle of September; Spring sowing: end of February - middle of March
Fertilization No fertilization required für fallow areas
Sowing method Drill sowing ensure high crop emergences

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