Variety information
- Forage pea for green manure and silage
- White and early flowering forage pea
- Quick establishment and a good biomass yield
- Medium-long straw with medium lodging resistance
Forage pea for green manure and silage
Special remark
No nitrogen fertilizer required.
In the crop rotation a cultivation break of 6 years is recommended for peas.
General description
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Growth
Plant length
Beginning of flowering
Lodging resistance
Yield & Quality
Dry matter yield
Thousand grain weight
Cultivation
Sowing depth
Heavy soil: 4 cm, light soil: 6 cm.
Plant density
For single crop cultivation: 80-100 germinating seeds per m². In mixtures for whole crop silage: ex. 200 germinating seeds of springbarley + 50 germinating seeds of forage pea per m².
Sowing time
Depending on climatic and soil conditions, from beginning of April. Well suited also as a catch crop sown after winter cereals.
Ease of combining
For green maturing the crop needs about 3 months until wax-ripe stage. The best harvest time would be with a dry matter of 30 to 40%.
Breeder
Norddeutsche Pflanzenzucht Hans-Georg Lembke KG, Germany
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.