Spring protein pea
CRONOS
High protein and robust
Benefits:
- High Protein content
- High stiffness with early maturity
- Good weed suppression
- Yellow grains - suitable for human consumption
- Suited for organic farming
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Grain yield: | 7 |
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| Protein content: | 7 |
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| Protein yield: | 6 |
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| Start flowering: | 4 |
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| Plant height: | 2 |
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| Stiffness: | 7 |
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| Maturity: | 3 |
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Usage:
- Grain use
- Nitrogen fixation
- Suitable for human and animal nutrition
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate | early: 65 - 75 grains/m²; middle: 70 - 80 grains/m²; late: 75 - 90 grains/m² |
| Sowing depth | 4 - 8 cm, the deeper the better the water supply |
| Sowing period | March, good soil condition is required |
| Fertilization | Liming: The soil should have a middle to high pH-level Fertilization: 40-60 kg/ha P2O5, 100-120 kg/ha K2O, 20-40 kg/ha MgO Mirconutrients: usually not necessary, 2 kg/ha manganese if needed |
| Crop protection | Apply a suitable herbizide against grasses; Insecticide application against leaf beetle and aphids; Sow only ascochyta-free seed |
| Sowing method | Drill seed in a dry, permeable seedbed with good crumb structure |
| Harvest | At 14 - 16% moisture |
28.04.2022 16:19:42 // 4.00
