Summer forage rape
JUMBO 00
Practice-tested green fertilizer and forage plant
Benefits:
- Fast growing 00-spring forage rape - free of erucic acid and glucosinolates
- Equally suitable for green manure and fodder
- Rapid soil coverage for a good shade tilth and weed suppression
- Cost-effective, nutritious fodder (fresh or silage)
- Grazing is also possible, but with higher pasture remains than winter forage rape
- JUMBO 00 has low requirements regarding the soil texture - also suitable for lower soils
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Dry matter yield: | 6 |
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| Initial mass formation: | 6 |
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| Tendency to flower: | 1 |
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Crop rotation suitability:
| Maize | ++ |
| Cereals | ++ |
| Oilseed rape | |
| Sugar beets | + |
| Potatoes | + |
| Intensive crops | |
| Legumes | + |
| + suitable / ++ strongly recommended | |
Usage:
- Green manure
- Biogas- and fodder production
- Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
- Protection against erosion
- Humus formation
- Game cover
Agronomic features:
| Weed suppression: | 9 |
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| Protection against erosion: | 6 |
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| Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation: | 8 |
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| Humus formation: | 5 |
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| Cold- and frost resistance: | 3 |
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| Drought tolerance: | 5 |
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| Type of root | Tap root |
| Rooting depth | 100 cm |
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate | Feed production 8 - 10 kg/ha, Green manure 15 - 20 kg/ha |
| Sowing depth | 1 - 2 cm |
| Sowing period | July to September , preferably after winter cereals |
| Fertilization | 60-100 kg N / ha; Liquid green manure is efficiently utilized by the rapid growth up to 10 - 15 cm plant height |
| Crop protection | Usually there is no plant protection required |
| Sowing method | Drill seed or spreader |
20.09.2018 09:30:24 // 9.00
