CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VARIETY:
great harvest
resistant to fruit rot
VARIETY CHARACTERISTICS:
type: linear
flowering: mid-late
maturity: medium-early
resistance to viruses: average
resistance to fruit rot: very high
grain weight: large, ~220 gr.
oil (humid regions): ~46.7%
oil (arid regions): ~45.7%
Yield potential
seeds:
~1060 kg/ha (wet regions)
~880 kg/ha (arid regions)
SEEDING NORM:
~18,000 grains / ha
SOWING TECHNIQUE:
Wide rows 2.1 - 1.4 m
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SOWING TIME:
mid/end of April
SOIL TYPE:
light and medium soils, in warm and sunny regions
CROP CHANGE:
best among
cereals
5-6 years between vegetables such as cucumber and zucchini
SOIL PREPARATION:
Plowing in autumn
A flat and clean field without weeds.
YIELD:
End of September
Note:
The harvest should be late enough to have ripe fruit and easy release of the grains from the fruit, but at the same time early enough, before the rains that lead to rotting of the fruit.
Sensitive to frost.
To obtain the expected harvest, precipitation during the growing season should be at least 250 mm.