Common Vetch | VICIA SATIVA
• Spring vetch
• High yields of green mass
• High crude protein content
• Unpretentious and fast growing
The vetch is known as a valuable fodder plant with a number of advantages for crop rotation due to its botanical features. The deep root system, as well as the rapid initial development and the formation of a rich above-ground mass provide suppression of weeds, soil structuring and enrichment with nitrogen. Therefore, spring vetch is very suitable as a freezing intermediate crop on poorer soils.
Vetch is undemanding to the technology of cultivation.
Vetch is undemanding to the technology of cultivation.
For seed production, basic fertilization with phosphorus and potassium is desirable.
Agronomic Characteristics
| Maturity | mid - early | - |
| Plant height | high | 2 |
| Protein content | high | 3 |
| Yield of green mass | high | 2 |
Sowing
| Sowing time for main crop | February - April | - |
| Sowing time for catch crop | August - September | - |
| Sowing density | 12-15 kg/dca | - |
| Sowing depth | 4 – 6 cm | - |
