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DELIKAT Swede
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Clubroot resistance Swede
Name addition
Swede
- Yellow, green-headed Swede turnips, beet is smooth, round and even
- It can be used as an cover crop, but also as feed- and foodbeet
- High mass yield in combination with good nutrient content (high carotenoid content and nutritive salt content)
- Resistant to Club root
- Harvest with beet harvesters or leaf harvest with forage harvesters
General description
| - - - - | - - - | - - | - | 0 | + | + + | + + + | + + + + |
---- = very low resistance/early/short, ++++ = very high resistance/late/long
Agronomic features
Weed suppression
Protection against erosion
Ground water protection / Nitrogen conservation
Humus formation
Type of root
Tap root
Breeder
P.H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.
Crop rotation suitability
Maize
++
Cereals
++
Oilseed rape
Sugar beets
+
Potatoes
+
Intensive crops
Legumes
+
Cultivation recommendations
Recommended sowing rate
Cover crop 3,5 kg/ha, Main crop 5 kg/ha
Sowing period
March to July
Fertilization
160-180 kg N/ha, 100-120 kg P2O5/ha, 160-180 kg K2O/ha
Harvest
Harvest with beet harvesters or leaf harvest with forage harvesters
Breeder
P.H. Petersen Saatzucht Lundsgaard GmbH
All variety descriptions have been prepared in accordance to the best of our knowledge, considering trial results and observations. A guarantee or a liability in individual cases is not possible, because the growth conditions are subject to substantial fluctuations.