CELFACT

FODDER PLANTS / PHACELIA 

Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.

Medium-early, high-biomass-producing, woody, suitable for soil improvement and green manure, erosion prevention, bee phacelium variety

Soil cover rate - 5 points (1 being very slow, 10 being very fast primary growth)

Flowering time - 5 points (1 is very late, 10 is very early)

Resistance to lodging - 3 points (where 1 is non-dormant plants, 10 is very susceptible to lodging)

A very high yield of green mass is obtained

They consume a lot of nitrogen while growing, thus protecting it from leaching

A woody plant that attracts many bees

The plants are neutral to nematodes, so they are suitable in mixtures that are sown to kill nematodes

Under different growing conditions than those found in these studies, cultivar parameters may differ from those given here.

SOWING RATE

Recommended seeding rate: 16 kg/ha. The seeds are inserted shallowly, at a depth of 1-2 cm.

Recommended sowing rate for green fertilizer: 16-20 kg/ha