Crimson clover REDHEAD

An early/mid-early variety of crimson clover for forage, cover crops or beauty

• Rapid early growth after winter
• Longer stem
• Very high resistance to root diseases
• Very good resistance to lodging
• High yields of green and dry mass
• High yields of rough proteins
• Easy and reliable harvesting

• Excellent source of green proteins, abundant harvests
• High yields of green and dry mass
• Rapid growth in spring
• Stems – long
• Very good resistance to lodging
• Very resistant to rot
• Flowers – purple
• Flowering period – 2-3 weeks, depending on weather conditions
• Seeds – yellow, oval
• 1000 seed weight – about 4 g
• Good pre-crop
• Does not like heavy, waterlogged soils 
• Gives only one harvest, does not tolerate cutting
• Suitable for fodder and green manure
• Green mass can be ensiled
• Suitable for bee pastures
• Sowing in the second decade of August – this is a condition for good wintering (end of August at the latest) (recommended 6-8 weeks before the first frosts)
• Ripe by July 10^th (depending on weather conditions)

• Beginning of flowering – 4 points
• Growth height/initial development – 6 points
• Stem length when fully developed – 7 points
• Primary mass formation – 7 points
• Tendency to dormancy – 5 points
• Tendency to lodging – 7 points 
• Dry matter yield of the first harvest – 7 points
• Crude protein content – ​​4 points

*According to Beschreibende Sortenliste. Futtergräse Ersparsette, Klee, Luzerne, 2020, Bundessortenamt, data

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