Spring protein pea
TORPEDO
Early maturity and stiffness
Benefits:
- High stiffness
- Even and early maturity
- Early and good soil coverage until harvest
- High pods for ease of combine
- Yellow grains - suitable for human consumption
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 |
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