The great classic among the white mustard varieties
Benefits:
- Highly appreciated variety with quick and strong initial development even at late sowing dates
- Valuable green crop above-ground and intensive, deep rooting systems form a stable soil structure with a good humus balance
- ALBATROS freezes off in winter - good erosion protection by plant residues, also if already broken
- Nutrients are conserved in organic mass and protected against elution during winter, so they are available again in spring
- Recommended in water protection areas
- Practically proven for untroubled mulch sowing - especially in maize crop rotations
- ALBATROS is a ideal partner for agricultural blends
Included in blends: viterra® SCHNELLGRÜN, viterra® SCHNELLGRÜN LEGUMINOSENFREI
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Initial mass formation: |
6 |
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| Tendency to flower: |
5 |
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| Stiffness: |
7 |
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bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
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Crop rotation suitability:
| Maize |
++ |
| Cereals |
++ |
| Oilseed rape |
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| Sugar beets |
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| Potatoes |
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| Intensive crops |
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| Legumes |
++ |
| + suitable / ++ strongly recommended |
Usage:
- Green manure
- Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
- Mulch sowing
- Humus formation
- Protection against erosion
Agronomic features:
| Weed suppression: |
8 |
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| Protection against erosion: |
7 |
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| Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: |
8 |
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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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bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
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| Type of root |
Tuft root with strong main root |
| Rooting depth |
120 cm |
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate |
15 - 20 kg/ha |
| Sowing depth |
1 - 2 cm |
| Sowing period |
August until September - depending on location! |
| Fertilization |
40 - 60 kg N/ha |
| Crop protection |
Usually there is no plant protection required |
| Sowing method |
Low requirements regarding sowing method: spreader or seed drilling |
13.08.2025 13:03:09 // 25.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
