Clover grass
Clover grass is a mixture of different types of grass and clover . The most common type of clover is the red clover . All high-yielding medium and upper grasses can be used as grass varieties. For annual cultivation, the Italian ryegrass ( Italian ryegrass ) is the most popular.
Grass clover is mainly grown in the field of forage (annual or biannual cultivation ) and as a component of a crop rotation . It is also used for green manure and occasionally for new grassland . It is also a substrate for biogas plants . The advantage of grass clover is that it does not require any additional nitrogen fertilizer , as nodule bacteria living in symbiosis with the clover bind nitrogen from the air. This plays v. a. plays an important role in organic farming, where grass clover also serves to prepare the soil for subsequent crops, e.g. B. Cereals. Clover grass is also used in biogas plants. The yields are around 10–12 t dry matter / ha .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralf Loges: Clover grass as an alternative in arable forage cultivation / importance of the choice of legume and accompanying grass species as well as the seed mix ratio, fertilization and type of use for yield and forage quality . 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ↑ Stephan Hartmann, Ewald Sticksel (Bavarian State Institute for Agriculture, Institute for Plant Cultivation and Plant Breeding): Clover grass as a biogas substrate . In: Working group for agricultural technology and agricultural construction in Bavaria e. V. (Ed.): Biogas Forum Bayern , No. I - 8/2010 (PDF).
- ↑ Christoph Stumm: Clover grass provides the fertilizer . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Wochenblatt für Landwirtschaft & Landleben , No. 42/2016, pp. 19–21.
