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An early annual tetraploid ryegrass with very rapid growth, suitable for both forage and green manure

• Incredibly fast growth
• Early maturity
• Coarse leaves
• Quite dark green colour
• High-quality, tasty fodder just 6-8 weeks after sowing
• Very palatable
• Important for producing green manure

• High yields of green mass
• Easy establishment
• Very fast early growth
• Wider leaves
• Dark green foliage
• The first harvest can already be expected 6-8 weeks after sowing
• Low sensitivity to lodging
• Early maturity
• Good palatability
• Protein content – ​​16-20 %
• Tasty feed
• Can be grown both alone and in mixtures (e.g. with Persian clover or other annual clovers)
• It is also very important for green manuring purposes, especially in areas where sugar beet is grown, because of its deep root penetration in the topsoil and its tolerance of crop rotation
• Can be used as an under-crop for establishing meadows/pastures

• Heading time – 5 points
• When grown as a main plant – mass formation after sowing – 5 points
• When grown as a main plant – total dry mass yield – 4 points
• When grown as the main plant – dry mass yield of the 1st harvest – 6 points
• When growing as an intermediate plant – mass formation after sowing – 6 points
• When growing as an intermediate plant – tendency to lie down – 5 points
• When growing as an intermediate plant – sensitivity to rust – 6 points
• When growing as an intermediate plant – dry mass yield of the 1st harvest – 5 points

*when 1: very early, very low / 5: medium / 9: very late, very high

• Heading time – 5 points
• Heading (in Germany) – 67 days after April 1
• Growth height / initial development – 5 points
• Growth habits / initial development – 3 points
• Growth height / fully developed – 6 points
• Growth habits / fully developed – 3 points
• Stem length – 5 points

*According to Beschreibende Sortenliste. Futtergräse Ersparsette, Klee, Luzerne, 2022, Bundessortenamt, data

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