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Chicory - Commander

A true perennial chicory that lasts more than one year

  • A mineral-rich herb with long taproot capability, aiding drainage and soil structure, making an ideal cover crop
  • COMMANDER produces significant yields of high protein forage, especially when mixed with red clover, that lasts more than one year
  • Dairy
  • Beef
  • Sheep

Utilisation: Eight weeks post-sowing

Sowing period: Spring & summer

Graze before crop reaches 20cm. Leave 5cm residual.

 

Advantages

 

  • Improved soil health and aids drainage
  • Recovers quickly after grazing
  • Deep tap root, delivering drought tolerance
  • Can be grown alone or with other crops
  • Performs better in dry conditions
  • High mineral content
  • High protein content of 17-18%
  • Ideal to fatten lambs
  • Tolerant to frost
  • Anthelmintic properties useful to ruminant livestock

 

Expert Advice

 

  • Limited cool season DM production/grazing
  • Seed head control for weeds, limiting seed shed
  • Needs a nitrogen source; ideally establish with clover blends
  • Shallow sown at around 1cm deep

 

Sowing rate: 

1kg/acre (2.5kg/ha) in a grassland mixture

3kg/acre (7.5/ha) as a straight with clover

Pack size: 5kg

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Commander
Chicory
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Chicory

Chicory is a persistent leafy herb lating 2-3 years with a large tap root. It performs best in fertile, few draining soils in regions of greater than 550 mm rainfall. Suitable for horse mixtures or for use in organic farms.

Chicory is a persistent leafy herb lating 2-3 years with a large tap root. It performs best in fertile, few draining soils in regions of greater than 550 mm rainfall. Suitable for horse mixtures or for use in organic farms.

Chicory is a persistent leafy herb lating 2-3 years with a large tap root. It performs best in fertile, few draining soils in regions of greater than 550 mm rainfall. Suitable for horse mixtures or for use in organic farms.