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Trifolium pratense L.

A mid-early, high yielding and winter hardy diploid clover suitable for farming on organic farms

  • Excellent regrowth in spring and after cutting
  • High protein content in dry matter
  • Good resistance to diseases
  • Very good winter hardiness
  • Medium resistance to diseases
  • Could be grown pure or in mixtures
  • Best to use feed for 1.5-2 years
  • Plants 30-60 cm high and 45 cm wide
  • Leaves – greyish green, up to 5 cm long and 1 cm wide
  • Flowers – red, concentrated in inflorescences 5-6 cm long and 2 cm wide, often double
  • Blooms in late June-August
  • Winter hardiness – good
  • Resistance to diseases – medium
  • Maturity – medium early
  • Regrows well
  • Two harvests are possible during the growing season
  • Dry mass yield – 8-10 t/ha
  • Seed yield – medium/high (0.3-0.5 t/ha)
  • Nutritional value – high
  • Suitable for mixtures for fodder
  • Combines well with timothy grass, perennial ryegrass and meadow fescue
  • Can be used to produce hay in medium-early fodder mixtures, for grazing in cultural pastures
  • Not very demanding on the soil, it grows best in sandy loam, loamy soil with a sufficient amount of calcium
  • Since 2008 recommended for cultivation in organic farms
  • Winter hardy
  • Excellent regrowth in spring and after cutting
  • Two yields could be harvested during the growing season
  • Good/moderate resistance to diseases
  • High protein content in dry matter
  • Excellent feed digestibility
  • The variety is suitable for growing alone or in mixtures with other fodder grasses for green fodder
  • For fodder, it is best to use for 1.5-2 years
  • Suitable for growing in organic farms

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


Recommended sowing rate: 10-15 kg/ha

Recommended sowing rate when growing for green manure: 13-18 kg/ha