Field bean
BIRGIT
High yielding and stable - especially suited for organic farming
Benefits:
- Stable seed and protein yields
- Robust with quick youth development
- Excellent weed suppression
- Convincing results over many years in organic farming
- Conventional variety, well suited for cattle feeding
- High value in crop rotation due to high N-fixiation
Variety characteristics:
(Officially confirmed or respectively in line with Bundessortenamt)
| Grain yield: | 7 |
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| Protein yield: | 8 |
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| Protein content: | 5 |
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| Thousand grain weight: | 6 |
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| Start flowering: | 4 |
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| Maturity: | 5 |
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| Plant height: | 6 |
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| Stiffness: | 7 |
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| Vicin/Convicin content: | Average |
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| Content of tannin: | 1 |
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Usage:
- Grain use
- Nitrogen fixation
- Suitable for human and animal nutrition
- Suitable for organic farming
Cultivation recommendations:
| Recommended sowing rate | 40 - 50 grains/m² |
| Sowing depth | 6 - 8 cm on heavy soils, 8 - 10 cm on light soils |
| Sowing period | Earliest possible in spring - frost tolerant up to approx. -5°C |
| Sowing method | Single or double row spacing is beneficial for the yield, larger row spacing in combination with precision sowing is possible. |
| Fertilization | No N-fertilization necessary. Depending on the nutrient content of the soil and nutrient extraction 40-60 kg P₂O₅/ha, 100-130 kg K₂O/ha and about 20-50 kg MgO/ha are advised. If necessary an application of sulphur is suggested |
| Crop protection | Use herbicides during pre-emergence or mechanically hoe or harrow the field for weed control. Post-emergence herbicide application specifically against grasses is possible. If necessary use fungizides against chocolate spots. Use clean seed to avoid ascoc |
| Harvest | Optimal moisture for harvesting 15-19%. Use protective setting for threshing to avoid broken grains. |
09.01.2023 11:40:03 // 25.00 - Breeder: P. H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
