Serradella is a robust, white-pink flowering legume often grown before a heavy feeding crop. It is slow to start growing, sensitive to lime and prefers sour, loamy sandy soils. It is not winter hardy but does grow at low temperatures and can resist up to 5 degrees of frost. A single cut, protein-rich fodder plant. Can be kept for up to 10 days. Sowing depth: 1-2 cm.
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Characteristics for Serradella
Botanical name: Ornithopus sativusOver wintering: noVegetation period: annualSpecific qualities: Nitrogen fixer for poor sites.Bee pasture: yesCut-and-come-again: no
Cultivation
Sowing date: April - AugustAmount of seed needed: 400 g/aSowing depth: 1-2 cm
propagated by
Camena Samen
Rose-GbR-Kühren / Tilo Rose
The Bioland family farm Rose-GbR-Kühren in Aken, in the Kühren district, is partly located within the 'Mittelelbe' Biosphere Reserve in Saxony-Anhalt and has been operating according to ecological principles since 1991.
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