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Vetch - Barvicos

Delivers rapid soil coverage, highly productive and rich in protein

  • Rapid soil coverage
  • Highly productive and rich in protein
  • Vigorous in growth - an ideal cover crop
  • Winter-hardy and will establish and grow well on most soil types, helping to soak up nutrients and hold down soil
  • Diary
  • Beef
  • Sheep

Advantages

  • Deep rooting and improves soil structure
  • Rapid soil coverage
  • Highly productive and protein-rich forage variety
  • Can be sown either as monoculture or as part of mixtures with other species, such as short term grasses
  • Good resistance to colder temperatures
  • Good resistance against disease

 

Utilisation: Cutting / silage / cover

Sowing period: Spring & autumn

Utilisation period: Summer & winter

Days to maturity: Approx 70 - 100 days

 

Sowing rate: 

Sown on own: 16-20kg/acre (40-50kg/ha)

Companion plant: 8-10kg/acre

 

Pack size: 25kg

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Barvicos
Vetch
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Pack size
25kg
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Vetch

A common vetch, delivers a quick coverage of soil, highly productive & rich in proteins.

A common vetch, delivers a quick coverage of soil, highly productive & rich in proteins.

A common vetch, delivers a quick coverage of soil, highly productive & rich in proteins.