Tetraploid variety, semi early type, suitable for sowing for hay meadows and pasture, medium high (about 78 cm). Resistant to frost and drought. 1000 seed weight 3.6 g. Foliage is about 53%.
Yield green mass - about 1120 dt / ha. Yield dry weight - around 200 dt / ha. Digestibility dry weight - about 76%, protein content in dry matter - approximately 14.5%, sugar content in dry matter - about 11.8% Very tasty. Eagerly eaten at pasture.
Soil conditions:
Need fertile mineral soils in good relations with regulated water, required pH 5.5-7. Best cultivate after root or legumes, especially in the production for the seeds. Ploughing at least 3-4 weeks before sowing.
Fertilize:
Before sowing: P2O5 - 100-120 kg / ha, K2O - 100-120 kg / ha, N - 50-60 kg / ha, in spring before moving: P2O5 - 80 -120 kg / ha, K2O - 60-80 kg / ha, N - 60-80 kg / ha. After each swath N - 60-80 kg /ha, in July K2O - 60-80 kg / ha. For cultivation for seed production, the same doses of NPK lake for green masse production.
Sowing:
Best once in August to mid September. Spring seeding can be used from the third decade of April. Na permanent grassland sown 15-20 kg / ha. For grassland can use 15 kg / ha. Row spacing - 15 to 25 cm. Depth of cover 1 cm.
Cultivation:
W grazing use is necessary to maintain continuity of grazing or mowing, and removing molehill trawl. In the case of severe infestation, you can use the typical cereal herbicides for weed control dicotyledonous or Starane. On newly established plantations and pasture need frequent cutting. Herbicides can be applied only after the formation of 7 leaves.
Harvest:
Optimal for first grazing period 5-15 May. By the autumn of 6 to 7 grazing. In use in cutting, first swath about 8 June. By autumn four cuts. The collection of seeds in the third decade of July. Seed yield of about 9 dt / ha.
Harvest can be done in two phases, rake mower or binder. Then the threshing combine with pick-up or thresher. Possible a set combine with the trunk, and then threshing combine with pick-up after drying swath.