SUNN HEMP
SUNN HEMP
PASTURE SEED
Ideal cover crop with very effective nitrogen fixation.
Sunn Hemp is an annual sub-tropical legume suitable for green manure, cover crop and processed hay and fibre.
Ideal planting time ranges from October to January.
ANNUAL
SUMMER
PASTURE
LEGUME
SUB-TROPICAL
TYPE
17-35 000
SEEDS
PER KG
- Sub-tropical, legume type
- Annual, summer production period
- Poor host to nematodes, ideal cover crop
- Very effective nitrogen fixation
- Crude protein: 12.5 - 15 %
- Digestibility: 65 - 75 %
- Used for green manure, cover crop, processed hay and fibre
- Prefers well drained sandy loam to clay soils and tolerates poor sandy soils
- Plant during October - January
- Seeding rate: 15 kg/ha dryland
- Seeding rate: 25 kg/ha irrigation