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

MAS4 COVER INNOV

Mixture details

Species % Weight No. kernels/m² at min density Frost sensitivity at maturity Benefits
Sunflower 25% 3 -2 °C Taproot, tolerant to drought,attract pollinators. Strong development in summer.
Brown Mustard 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 20% 6 -2 °C Quick development in summer and beginning of winter. Allelopathy effect. Susceptible to produce seeds.
French honeysuckle 17% 29 Annual sainfoin, vigorous, mediteranean specie tolerant to drought and prefers warm temperatures.
Phacelia Scorpion Weed 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

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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