viterra® Cover crop blend
UNIVERSAL LEGUMINOSENFREI
... free of crucifers and drought-tolerant
Benefits:
- Can be used without concerns in rapeseed legume crop rotations, interrupts disease cycles
- Universally usable due to drought stress tolerant individual components
- Fast shading maintains tilth and ensures good weed suppression
- viterra® UNIVERSAL LEGUMINOSENFREI is also available with clover as viterra® UNIVERSAL and with summer vetch and peas as viterra® UNIVERSAL N-PLUS
- Good liquid manure and other nutrient recycler, excellent against erosion and for water protection
- Good suitability for crop rotations with legumes as main crop
- Phacelia is an excellent bee pasture plant
Blend details:
| Seeds % : | 47 % phacelia ANGELIA 36 % bristle oat / saia oat PRATEX 13 % linseed ZOLTAN 4 % common sorghum |
| Free of crucifers : | yes |
| Free of legumes : | yes |
| Winter hardy : | no |
Crop rotation suitability:
| Maize | + |
| Cereals | + |
| Oilseed rape | ++ |
| Sugar beets | + |
| Potatoes | |
| Intensive crops | |
| Legumes | ++ |
| + suitable / ++ strongly recommended | |
Usage:
- Green manure
- Humus formation
- Protection against erosion
- Mulch sowing
Agronomic features:
| Weed suppression: | 7 |
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| Protection against erosion: | 6 |
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| Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: | 7 |
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| Humus formation: | 5 |
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| Cold- and frost resistance: | 2 |
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| Drought tolerance: | 8 |
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| Type of root | Tuft root |
| Rooting depth | 80 cm |
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate | 25 kg/ha |
| Sowing depth | 1 - 2 cm |
| Sowing period | Early Juli until early September |
| Fertilization | An early fertilization to promote the initial development is recommended. |
| Crop protection | Usually there is no crop protection required |
| Sowing method | Drill sowing ensure high crop emergences |
23.12.2022 09:34:13 // 11.00
