Brown mustard
TERRAPLUS
Particularly late flowering
Benefits:
- The late flowering of TERRAPLUS ensures a long vegetative growing periode
- Large amounts of organic matter act against humus depletion
- As competitive and not winter hardy cover crop particularly suitable for conservative soil processing and no-tillage
- Absorbs free nutrients and protects them from leaching
- Gets along with dry conditions in sommer
- High amounts of glucosinolates make an application as biofumigation possible, for the control of soil-borne diseases
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Initial mass formation: | 5 |
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| Tendency to flower: | 2 |
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| Stiffness: | 8 |
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Crop rotation suitability:
| Maize | ++ |
| Cereals | ++ |
| Oilseed rape | |
| Sugar beets | |
| Potatoes | |
| Intensive crops | ++ |
| Legumes | ++ |
| + suitable / ++ strongly recommended | |
Usage:
- Humus formation
- Protection against erosion
- Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
- Pollinator attractiveness
- Green manure
- Biofumigation
Agronomic features:
| Weed suppression: | 6 |
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| Protection against erosion: | 6 |
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| Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: | 7 |
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| Humus formation: | 6 |
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| Cold- and frost resistance: | 1 |
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| Drought tolerance: | 8 |
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| Type of root | Tuft root with strong main root |
| Rooting depth | 120 cm |
Cultivation recommendations:
| Fertilization | 40 - 60 kg N/ha |
| Crop protection | Usually there is no plant protection required |
| Sowing method | Low requirements, from spreader to drill seed |
| Recommended sowing rate | 10 – 15 kg/ha |
| Sowing depth | 2 – 3 cm |
| Sowing period | August until September for cover crop use |
20.09.2018 09:53:05 // 10.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
