Alsike clover AURORA

A mid-late/late diploid alsike clover with exclusive persistent yielding

• Tolerant to poorly drained soils
• Excellent winter hardiness
• Flood tolerance for 7-14 days
• Fits shorter-term stands
• Poor/moderate drought tolerance 
• For hay and pastures

• Average hay yield – 6-7 t/ha
• Fast regrowth
• Winters well, resistant to cold
• Winter hardiness – excellent
• Drought resistance – weak/moderate
• Resistant to diseases
• Nutritive value – very good
• Matures and loses nutritive value later than red clover
• Average seed – 100-500 kg/ha
• Suitable for growing in moist, acidic, flooded and drained peat soils, optimal pH 5.7-7.0
• Tolerance to soil acidity – medium
• Tolerance to soil alkalinity – moderate/weak
• Tolerance to flooding – medium/high
• Suitable for grass mixes for less fertile soils
• Well tolerates short-term (7-14 days) spring floods
• More suitable for fodder production than grazing
• Suitable for short-term grasslands
• Cultivated for 2-3 years
• Not recommended for horses
• Suitable for green manure, fixes nitrogen

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