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A mid-early, high yielding and winter hardy timothy

• Early heading
• High total yields of green mass
• Short stems
• High yields in first, second and third cut
• Good winterhardiness
• Resistant to diseases
• Persistent

The variety was created from fertile clones of the Grindstad variety

• Dry weight yield potential – 10.220 t/ha on average
• Dry mass yield potential in the first year – 13.120 t/ha
• Dry mass yield potential in the second year – 9.180 t/ha
• Dry mass yield potential in the third year – 8.350 t/ha
• Earliness – 3-5 points (out of 9, when 9 is very late)
• Very short stems
• Heading – early
• Inflorescences – short/medium
• Leaves – medium width
• Excellent wintering
• Persistent
• Good disease resistance
• Protein content – 9.07-12.96 %
• Digestibility – 56.42-76.25 %
• Fiber washed with neutral solutions (NDF) content – 60.7-62.34 %
• Soluble carbohydrates content – 12.94-16.14 %

• Yield of the 1st cut – 5 900 kg/ha
• Yield of the 2nd cut – 4 610 kg/ha
• Yield of the 3rd cut – 2 210 kg/ha
• Total yield of the first year – 12 730 kg/ha

In the second growing year:

• Yield of the 1st cut – 5 280 kg/ha
• Yield of the 2nd cut – 3 220 kg/ha
• Yield of the 3rd cut – 1 930 kg/ha
• Total yield of the second year – 10 430 kg/ha
• Seed yield – 881-1010 kg/ha

In the third growing year:

• Yield of the 1st cut – 4 850 kg/ha
• Yield of the 2nd cut – 3 380 kg/ha
• Yield of the 3rd cut – 1 680 kg/ha
• Total yield of the third year – 9 910 kg/ha
• Seed yield – 490-1397 kg/ha 

• Total annual yield – 11 209 kg/ha
• Total annual protein yield – 1 517 kg//ha
• Injuries in winter – 4.0 %
• Yield of the 1st year – 11 092 kg/ha
• Yield of the 2nd year – 11 517 kg/ha
• Yield of the 3rd year – 10 620 kg/ha
• Digestibility of the 1st year yield (D value, digestible proteins) – 673 g/kg
• Digestibility of the 2nd year yield (D value, digestible proteins) – 683 g/kg
• Digestibility of the 3rd year yield (D value, digestible proteins) – 714 g/kg

*according to research data in Finland, 2015-2022. Viralliset lajikekokeet 2015-2022, timotei, px.luke.fi

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