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Vicia sativa L.
A medium late vetch, excellent choice for green fodder and grain and catch crops
  • Rusty and highly adaptable
  • Easy to establish
  • Excellent stem/leaf ratio
  • Colour of the seeds – grey-brown, with a dark ornament
  • Seeds – very large to medium size
  • Use – for hay, silage or catch crops
  • Quickly covers the soil surface and suppresses weeds
  • Fixes nitrogen, enriches the soil
  • Excellent fodder nutrition value and digestibility
  • Can be grown mixed with oats, Italian ryegrass, peas or triticale
  • Prefers soils with a pH of 6 to 7.5
  • Soil preparation – surface tillage, fine top layer
  • Optimum sowing depth – 2-3 cm, roll after sowing
  • Fertilization – according to soil analysis, when sowing – about 80-90 kg/ha P2O5, 60-80 kg/ha K2O
  • Seed yield – 1.76 t/ha
  • Vegetation period – 83 days
  • Plant height – 58 cm
  • Resistance to lodging – 3 points
  • Resistance to diseases – 9 points
  • 1000 grains weight – 75.04 g
  • Protein content – 33.2 %
* According to data of Variety trials in Utena AVTS, 2024

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



Recommended sowing rate for mixtures for silage: 60 kg/ha of vetch and 180 kg/ha oats

Recommended sowing rate when growing for green fodder / manure: 120 kg/ha of vetch and 120 kg/ha oats

Sowing time – beginning of April or in August, depth – 2 сm