CELHANK

FODDER PLANTS / COMMON VETCH (SUMMER)

Vicia sativa L.

Medium-early, high-yielding, disease-resistant seed vetch variety

The plants are large, abundantly leafy

The average seed yield is 1.73 t/ha

Plant height - 50-160 cm

The beginning of flowering - 60 days after sowing

Technical maturity - 120 days after sowing

Green mass grows in 70 days

Stem - soft, tall, in mixtures with oats the plants grow like oats or even taller

The plants are moderately resistant to dormancy and seed shedding in the field

Resistant to diseases

The flowers are red-purple

The seeds are dark gray-brown

Weight of 1000 grains - 52 g

Protein content - 32% by weight

Tannin content - 0.05% by weight

Veggie grains are high in protein and have a high nutritional value

It is characterized by a relatively constant seed yield, responds well to soil fertilization, although it adapts well to less fertilized soils

Likes loose, deeply plowed and tilled soil

Undemanding to soils, it grows well in moist soils

It is characterized by intensive spring growth, which allows good competition and shading of weeds

Grown in mixtures with oats

The plants produce a large amount of green mass, so they can be grown as green manure

Vegetation from sowing to technical maturity - 122 days.

Days from sowing to flowering - 77 days.

Duration of flowering - 22 days.

The height of the plants is 120 cm

Resistance to lodging at the end of flowering - 5.5 points (out of 9)

Resistance to lodging before harvest - 2.8 points (out of 9)

Evenness of maturity - 7.8 points (out of 9)

The share of green plants - 3.9%

Resistance to pod cracking - 8.1 points (out of 9)

Seed yield - 3.48 t/ha

The weight of 1000 seeds are 59 g

Resistance to anthracnose - 7.9 points (out of 9)

Powdery mildew resistance - 8.3 points (out of 9)

Rust resistance - 7.5 points (out of 9)

Protein content in SM – 31.2%

Protein yield - 931 kg/ha

Fiber content - 4.7%

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

SOWING RATE

Recommended sowing rate:  The mixture for ensiling consists of 60 kg/ha of vetch and 180 kg/ha of oats. In mixtures for green manure and feeding, 120 kg/ha of vetch and the same amount of oats, respectively  

The seeds are inserted at a depth of 2 cm, sown in the first week of April or in August.