Description
Currently shipping the Horsepower 4.0RR variety of Roundup Ready Alfalfa. RR seed is a high forage yielding, excellent quality, and used the Roundup Ready® Genuity parent technology. It has a solid pest resistance package to protect in a wide range of growing conditions. The Roundup Ready Genuity technology provides a wide range of weed control options to deliver weed free forage.
Seeding Rate: 15-20 lbs/acre
Horsepower 4.0RR Alfalfa Features:
- Good Winterhardiness and pest package with resistance to key diseases
- Moderate to Fast recover after cutting
- Weed Control at both stand establishment and in established stands means fewer weeds and higher quality hay and haylage
- Optimal crop safety at all growth stages provides increased yield potential in both the establishment and subsequenty years
- Flexibility in timing of application allows growers to spray when necessary; no carryover or crop rotation limitations
Fall Dormancy: 4.0
Winterhardiness: 2
Root Type: Tap Recovery
After Cutting: Moderate to FastAphids: HR (Highly Resistant)
Bacterial Wilt: HR
Fusarium Wilt: HR
Verticillium Wilt: HR
Anthracnose- Race 1: Resistant
Phytophthora Root Rot: HR
Aphanomyces Root Rot (Race 1): Resistant
DRI: 28/30
PLANTING
- Planting Time:
- Early Spring: After hard freezing conditions have ended
- Late Summer/Early Fall: Allow 4-6 weeks of growth before the first hard frost
- Seeding Rate: 15-20 lbs/acre
- Ideal Seed Depth: ½”
- Alfalfa should be drilled into a firm seedbed or broadcasted and packed.
SEED TREATMENT & ENHANCEMENTS
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- Coated with 34% ALL-VANTAGE coating & enhanced with inoculant, fungicide, AquaBond water absorbing polymer and NUTRI-START micronutrients.
June 4th, Mt Vernon, MO 2nd cutting due in 2 weeks
