New winter peas variety

  • Medium-early variety
  • Intended for the production of coarse fodder with a high nutritional value
  • Used as a ruminant feed in the form of hay and haylage; significantly increases milk production and quality in dairy cows due to its quality
  • Ensures economically profitable and environmentally friendly production
  • Sown together with winter cereals in a 3:1 ratio (150 kg of peas: 50 kg of wheat), usually in combination with the Galloper wheat variety, which provides a stable support for the peas due to its higher habitus
  • Enters the blooming phase with a dark red flower seven days earlier than Osječki zeleni
  • Seeds are larger than in case of Osječki zeleni; minimal seeding rate is 150 kg of seeds per hectare
  • Modest crop management requirements, with minimal investments in protection and fertilisation
  • Excellent resistance to low temperatures
  • As a pre-crop, increases soil nitrogen content and curbs weeds
  • Allows for two harvests a year in the same field. After removal of peas, we recommend stubble sowing of early OS corn hybrids such as OS 3114
  • Robust stem, average height 158 cm
  • When harvested in the blooming and first pod formation phase (10-20 May), yields 50-60 t/ha of green matter, or more than 25 t/ha of haylage and more than 10 t/ha of hay

Sowing season: 10-25 October

Harvesting season: 10-20 May (blooming and first pod formation phase)

Yield: around 60 t/ha of green matter (DM content 16-18%)

Protein content in DM: 18-20%

Recommended plant density: 1-1.2 million plants per hectare

Seeding rate: 150 kg of peas + 50 kg of cereal