Fodder pea ARKTA (alternative)

An early full-leaf winter (alternative) pea for early spring harvest

• Facultative variety
• Rapid spring development
• High yield of green and dry mass and proteins
• Long stems
• Good health
• Low thousand seeds weight = good seed economy
• Early spring harvest for qualitative fodder
• Good over winter survival
• Suitable for legume-grain mixtures as well as monoculture

• For sowing in autumn, but can also be sown in spring
• Seed yield potential – 2-3 t/ha
• Rapid spring growth
• High yield of green and dry matter and crude protein
• Stem – long (150-180 cm)
• Leafy
• Very resistant to lodging
• Excellent winter hardiness
• Flowers – red-purple, grains – coloured (brown-green)
• Pods – from the middle of stem
• 1000 grain weight – 100-140 g (small, it means lower sowing costs)
• Suitable for mixtures with cereals (winter rye or triticale (20-40 seeds/m² of pea and up to 200 seeds/m² of cereals) (75 kg/ha winter triticale and 75 kg/ha Arkta)
• Could be cultivated pure, supporting plants are not necessary
• Qualitative feed in early spring
• Very good forecrop

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