Nitrogen supplier with high previous crop and feed value
Benefits:
- New breeding with outstanding characteristics for green manure and fodder production
- Provides essential nitrogen by symbiotic nitrogen fixation for plant growth
- Relatively small requirements on soil, climatic conditions and maintenance effort
- Source of pollen and nectar for bees, bumblebees, butterflies and many other insects
- High previous crop value due to good root-growth and tilth
- OTTO can be harvested several times a year and exerts slight frosts down to -6 ° C
- OTTO is excellently suited as a component in cover crop blends and in combination with anula rye grasses such as ALISCA or DIPLOMAT
Included in blends: viterra® BEISAAT FEIN, viterra® BIENE, viterra® BODENGARE, viterra® MAIS N-PLUS, viterra® RAPS, viterra® RÜBENGARE, viterra® TRIO, viterra® UNIVERSAL, viterra® UNIVERSAL N-PLUS, SortenGreening® VERDI mit Alexandriner Klee
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
Dry matter yield: |
4 |
|
Protein content: |
6 |
|
Initial mass formation: |
3 |
|
Growth height/initial development: |
4 |
|
Height of stem/full development: |
4 |
|
Start flowering: |
7 |
|
bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
|
Crop rotation suitability:
Maize |
++ |
Cereals |
++ |
Oilseed rape |
+ |
Sugar beets |
++ |
Potatoes |
|
Intensive crops |
|
Legumes |
|
+ suitable / ++ strongly recommended |
Usage:
- Green manure
- Biogas- and fodder production
- Nitrogen fixation
- Humus formation
- Protection against erosion
Agronomic features:
Weed suppression: |
3 |
|
Protection against erosion: |
5 |
|
Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: |
1 |
|
Humus formation: |
6 |
|
Cold- and frost resistance: |
3 |
|
Drought tolerance: |
5 |
|
bad / early / short / low
good / late / long / high
|
Cultivation recommendations:
Recommended sowing rate |
25 - 35 kg/ha in pure seed |
Sowing depth |
1 - 2 cm |
Sowing period |
Cover crop: July to mid August; Main crop: from March |
Fertilization |
Basic fertilization with phosphate and potash |
Crop protection |
Usually there is no plant protection required |
Sowing method |
Drilling in a dry, finely crumbled seedbed |
30.07.2019 11:22:29 // 12.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH