Niger

An annual herbaceous plant for catch/cover crops and green manure

• Summer catch crop
• Produces high biomass yield
• Biomass easily decomposes
• Easy to establish crop
• Quickly covers the soil surface and makes a shade
• Has relatively low nutrient and water requirements
• Resistant to drought and high summer temperatures
• Can grow over 1.5 meters
• 1 000 seed weight – 2.5-3.0 g
• The roots penetrate up to 30 cm in the soil
• Sensitive to frost (completely killed even at 0 °C) (reliably destroyed by freezing)
• It is recommended to use for green manure before flowering
• Does not flower or set seed until daylight hours average 13 hours or less
• Optimal pH 5.3-7.3
• Can be sown as pure crop or in mixtures
• Cultivated as a summer catch crop and flowering plant that establishes quickly and grows rapidly
• Can be grown as an additional component to many catch crops and flower mixes
• This is especially useful in areas where there is a lot of nutrient loss during short crop rotations
• Does not have any effects on subsequent rotations
• The flowers are very attractive to bees
• Low seed rate results in low cultivation costs

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam