Vyka Yarova, Dnipropetrovsk region.

Spring vetch is an annual plant from the Legume family.

The plant is 20 to 80 cm tall. Spring vetch can be used as a green fertilizer, fodder and honey crop. When used as a cider, it is valued for its early ripening. It gives excellent green fodder and hay, it is used for preparing grass flour, laying hay.
Blooms in mid-summer. Currently, it is grown as a green fodder, used as a fertilizer, a source of hay and silage, and also sown in fields under steam. Vetch concentrates the nitrogen level, repels pests, loosens the soil and improves its quality before planting other crops. Vyka is also a honey plant, from one hectare of the plant you can get up to 20 kg of honey. Vetch is not demanding on soils, but does not grow on salt marshes, sand, or acidification. Capably tolerates cooling down to - 5 oC...- 6 oC.

Spring vetch is undemanding to heat.Seeds begin to germinate at a temperature of 2-3°С, and sprouts withstand frosts up to 4-6°С. Moisture-loving culture. Most of the water is absorbed during the intensive growth of the vegetative mass and in the phase of flowering and fruit formation. It grows well on neutral and slightly acidic soils.Veca seeds when germinating, it requires a good supply of moisture, wrap it to a depth of at least 4-5 cm. On light soils, the depth is increased to 5-6 cm. Seedlings appear after 7-10 days. It is sown for seeds at the same time as early grain crops.

The length of the growing season, depending on the variety and weather conditions, ranges from 55 to 70 days when grown for hay and from 75 to 120 days when grown for seeds.
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By the beginning of flowering, spring vetch accumulates approximately 43-45% of the crop. The maximum yield of dry mass falls on the phase ofobrazovaniya bov. By the time of the beginning of flowering, the height of the plants does not exceed 50 cm, and by the time the beans are formed, it reaches 80 cm or more.

Vyca is planted in the spring together with grasses as a plant that suppresses.

weed growth After the growth of the vetch, the grass is mowed.

For the winter vetch is planted at the very end of August. In spring, vetch grows before planting peppers, tomatoes, etc.

The vetch is sown and cut 1-2 times a season. Cutting 3 weeks before sowing seeds and 2 weeks before planting seedlings in the phase of budding with a flat cutter or a cultivator.