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Trifolium pratense L.

A mid-early high yielding diploid red clover with very good resistance to diseases

  • High green and dry matter yield
  • Very high persistence
  • Medium high/high regrowth in spring and after cuts
  • Good lodging resistance
  • Very good health with improved resistance to viral diseases
  • High yields of green and dry mass in all growing years
  • Very good persistence
  • Fast spring growth
  • Medium speed regrowth after cutting
  • Good resistance to lodging
  • Excellent resistance to disease – increased resistance to viral clover diseases
  • Shows better resistance to leaf spot
  • Very good survival up to the 2nd year of use (i.e. 3 years of vegetation)
  • The flowers (heads) should be red in colour, the colour intensity may change during flowering
  • Possible appearance of white flowers
  • Yield – 5.1 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
  • Overall impression – 3.6 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
  • Initial early growth – 3.3 (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or poor)
  • Competitiveness – 4.8 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
  • Persistence/longevity – 5.6 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
  • Frost resistance – 3.7 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
  • Resistance to Anthracnosis – 2.6 points (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or poor)
  • Resistance to leaf diseases – 2.6 points (1 being very high or good; 9 being very low or poor)
  • Overall index – 3.84 (where 1 is very high or good; 9 is very low or bad)
*according to trials in Germany: Trifolium pratense: Results of measurements and observations from 2016-2018

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