Stokolos, bonfire bezosty, Chernihiv region.

Harvest 2021, 10 kg bags, price 75 from 50 kg, retail 75-80 hryvnias

The thornless stokolos has a high fodder value and it is not surprising that it has recently gained more and more fans.

Perennial rhizome cereal species of winter-spring type of development. This is a valuable universal species, irreplaceable on slopes that are subject to water and wind erosion. In addition, this is a culture that can withstand flooding with spring water for 45-50 days, so it is a valuable species for floodplain meadows.
The fodder value of the grass is high, it is well eaten by all kinds of animals due to the high foliage of the vegetative shoots. The protein content in the budding phase reaches 23–24.4%, during flowering — 11.7–12.0%. As usual, when mowing the grass at the beginning of flowering, it provides two complete cuts.
The culture reaches its maximum development in the second or third year of life. As a part of grass mixtures, it provides high-performance grass stands for a long time - six to eight years or more.
St. John's wort is a valuable component in grass mixtures with alfalfa and goat's milk.
It grows well on different types of soil. Acidic, saline and waterlogged soils are not suitable for it.
It is also valuable that corn is an early-ripening crop, and the period of its ripeness coincides with the period of use of winter wheat crops for green fodder in the raw material green conveyor, which is impractical and economically unprofitable.(//tractor-service.com)
The culture is self-sustaining, that is, it grows well after being mowed and grazed by livestock. The yield of hay for two cuts is 60–90 t/ha. Nutritive value is high: 100 kg of hay from corn contains 56–58 feed units and 5.5–5.8 kg of digestible protein.
For liming slopes, the best components for it are:alfalfa, gorse, safflower, meadow clover, ryegrass andtall ryegrass.
The culture has high winter and cold resistance, is drought-resistant and shade-tolerant, but cannot withstand a high level of standing groundwater.
The best predecessors in Polissia are pure steam, potatoes, vetch-oats for green fodder. In the forest-steppe and steppe, the best predecessors are row crops, perennial and annual grasses.
Soil treatment. The task of the main tillage is to optimize the physical condition, accumulate and conserve moisture, prevent plant damage by diseases and pests, fight against weeds, wrap post-harvest residues and fertilizers.
With a yield of 5–6 t/haseeds the thornless corn takes 130–180 kg of nitrogen, 40–45 kg/ha of phosphorus and 170–180 kg/ha of potassium from the soil.
Microfertilizers (molybdenum, boron, etc.) should be applied to increase the yield and improve the quality of the seed of the thornless cornflower. Molybdenum is especially effective on acidic sod-podzolic, gray forest soils. Boron is best used in the form of boron superphosphate. The best way to use boric acid (0.5–1.5 kg/ha) is to apply it with herbicides during chemical weeding of thornless cornflower.

Sowing On average, the rate of sowing seeds is from 10.0–11.0 kg/ha (for a row width of 30 cm) to 16.0–18.0 kg/ha (for a row width of 15 cm). Seed wrapping depth: from 1.5–2.0 cm on heavy soils to 3.0–4.0 cm — on light ones.
Seed care. Every year, in early spring, plant residues are burned, during which many pests and pathogens die. For the second year and thereafter, spring harrowing of seeds is carried out.