MAS4 COVER INNOV
MAS4 COVER INNOV
Summer cover crop
Biomass
Soil structure
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AGRONOMIC COVER FOR EARLY TO MID-EARLY SEEDING, EASY TO DESTROY

• SOIL COVER AND STRUCTURE
Complementarity of species

• HIGH BIOMASS YIELD
+ 3 tDM before winter

• EASY TO DESTROY

Mixture details

75% Others 8% Brassicaceae 17% Fabaceae
Species Variety / Type % Weight No. kernels/m² at min density Frost sensitivity Benefits
Sunflower HELIANTHUS ANNUUS 25% 3 -2 °C Taproot, tolerant to drought,attract pollinators. Strong development in summer.
Brown Mustard BRASSICA JUNCEA LATE 8% 21 -5 °C Late flowering which avoid mustards to go to seed and reduce lignification. Quick installation, good soil structuration and take up the residual soil nitrogen left.
Buckwheat FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM 20% 6 -2 °C Quick development in summer and beginning of winter. Allelopathy effect. Susceptible to produce seeds.
French honeysuckle HEDYSARUM CORONARIUM SHELLED 17% 29 Annual sainfoin, vigorous, mediteranean specie tolerant to drought and prefers warm temperatures.
Phacelia PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA 30% 118 -7 °C Versatile specie that will fill all remaining spaces in cover crops. Good for pollinators and not in botanical family of main crops.

Nutrient gain for the next crop

Cover crop biomass
3t DM 4t DM 5t DM
Nitrogen (kg/ha) 45 55 70
Phosphorus (kg/ha) 15 20 25
Potassium (kg/ha) 100 135 170
Carbon (t/ha) 0.4 0.5 0.7
Mixture effects
Biomass
9 on 9
Biodiversity
6 on 9
Soil structure
9 on 9
Nitrogen
6 on 9
Pollinator
6 on 9
Ease of destruction
6 on 9
Speed of establishment
8 on 9
1-3 sensitive – poor | 4-6 medium – good | 7-9 tolerant – excellent

Sowing & Cultivation

Sowing period Mid August / Late September
Sowing rate 7 - 8 kg/ha = 160 g/m2
Sowing depth 1 - 2 cm

Destroy one month before the main crop.

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