SITO 70

Very early, high-yielding, alternative rye variety for green fodder or green fertilizer

• High yield
• Grain yield – 3.0-3.5 t/ha
• Green mass yield (at heading stage) – 10.0-15.0 t/ha, on more fertile soils – 20.0-22.0 t/ha
• Highly tillering
• Foliage – leaves are long and wide
• Plant height during flowering – 2 m (very tall)
• Sensitive to lodging, avoid excess of nitrogen
• Winter-hardy
• Good resistance to major rye diseases
• 1000-grain weight – 27-28 g
• Grains – large, dark green
• Grains can be used for feed or harvested matured for flour production
• Used for grazing, hay, silage, straw, green manure
• Used as early fodder
• It has a lot of sugar at heading stage
• It is best to consume it for feed before heading, later it starts to harden and is less digestible
• It has a lot of sugar in the green mass, so it is suitable for silage when chopped without drying and preservatives
• Suitable for hay production
• Phosphorus and nitrogen fertilizers will increase the yield
• Can be sown alone or with legumes
• If the fodder is harvested early, other crops can be sown after them
• Rye is less demanding on growing conditions than wheat (especially for soil)
• Tolerates more acidic, low-fertile, light soils
• Grows well at pH 5.3-6.5
• Grows poorly in heavy clay, marshy and saline soils
• Has a well-developed root system that penetrates to a depth of 1.5-2 meters and is able to absorb phosphorus and potassium from poorly soluble compounds
• Withstands temperature drops at the level of the growth cone to minus 19-21 ° C
• Seeds begin to germinate at a temperature of +0.5-2 ° C
• The growing season ends in autumn and renewed in spring, at a temperature of +3-4 °C
• Perfect for green manure
• Has unique phytosanitary properties: protects against weeds (even perennial ones – Elytrigia repens, Sonchus arvensis, Ranunculus arvensis/repens), because it prevents weed seedlings from growing
• Disinfects the soil after potatoes (reduces nematode infestation)
• Rye grows well in spring, thus for green manure could be used in spring, when the plants are about 60 cm high, incorporated to 3-5 cm depth)
• Young plants decompose quickly and enrich the soil with organic and mineral substances (mainly nitrogen and potassium)
• The applied for green manure mass is about 3-5 kg/m², which is equivalent to an average dose of manure
• Rye is destroyed 1.5-2 weeks before sowing the main crop (if the weather is dry, then it will take time for the green mass to be destroyed to accessible nutrients)
• The disadvantage of using rye as a “green manure” is its strong drying effect on the soil, so it is better to grow it when there is enough moisture
• It should be sown in autumn so that the plants have time to reach a height of 20-25 cm before the frosting

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam

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