Description:
annual plant with a strong stem resistant to lodging, covered with glandular hairs branched root with nodule bacteria the flowers are red to pink the pods contain 1–2 brown seeds
Economic traits
- a legume with high protein content
- a crop suitable for food (flour, whole seeds are eaten cooked or roasted)
- for its high drought resistance and atmospheric N fixation potential it is suitable for improvement of sandy, podzol soils dump heaps and for increasing yields of subsequent crops on the arable land
Practical advice to growers:
- warm-loving crop productive in warm and drier regions
- sowing in early spring to retain moisture in the soil
- rate of sowing (80 – 120 kg/ha)
- TGW approx. 250g
- the growing season, depending on climatic conditions, is 130 days
