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AKIRO

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Low requirerments to location and sowing periode

Benefits:

  • Quick initial development for a strong populations, even during short growing seasons and by late sowing dates
  • AKIRO is highly competitive against weeds
  • Valuable organic mass binds nutrients, promotes the humus formation and protects against erosion
  • Stores nutrients during winter and this protects the groundwater
  • Intensive rooting improves the water- and air balance of the soil and activates the soil life

Variety characteristics:

(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)

Initial mass formation: 7
Tendency to flower: 6
Stiffness: 6

bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high

Crop rotation suitability:

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

Usage:

  • Green manure
  • Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
  • Mulch sowing
  • Humus formation
  • Protection against erosion
  • Biofumigation

Agronomic features:

Weed suppression: 9
Protection against erosion: 8
Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: 8
Humus formation: 8
Cold- and frost resistance: 5
Drought tolerance: 7
bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
Type of rootTap root
Rooting depth180 cm

Cultivation recommendations:

Recommended sowing rate 18 - 25 kg/ha
Sowing depth 2 - 3 cm
Sowing period Early August to early September - depending on location!
Fertilization 40 - 60 kg N/ha
Crop protection Usually there is no plant protection required.
Sowing method In order to gain a fast and even development of the oil radish plants, drilling after careful soil preparation is recommended.

30.06.2021 14:40:10 // 13.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH

Cover crop programme 2024