Crimson clover KARDINAL

A mid-early crimson clover for forage, cover crops or beauty

• Winter “annual” cut crop, sown in a late summer
• Suitable as a pure culture or as a component of the early fodder mixtures
• Fast-growing
• Good winterhardiness
• Excellent soil improvement effect
• Brilliant colour and a uniquely shaped flower

• High yields of green and dry mass
• Grown alone or in mixtures for early fodder
• Winter hardy
• Rapid growth in the spring
• The height of the plants is average
• Fowers – purple
• Flowering period – 2-3 weeks, depending on weather conditions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
• Seeds – yellow, oval
• 1000 seed weight – 4 g
• Good pre-crop
• Does not like heavy, waterlogged soils
• Used to improve the fertility of sandy soils
• Gives only one harvest, does not tolerate cutting
• Suitable for fodder and green manure
• Green mass can be used for silos production
• Suitable for bee pastures
• Sowing in the second decade of August – this is a good wintering condition (at the end of August at the latest) (it is recommended to sow 6-8 weeks before the first frost)
• Sowing depth – 1-2 cm
• Seeds ripe by July 10 (depending on weather conditions)

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