SIKEM
Lolium multiflorum
- Growth starts very early in spring
- Good standing ability
- Good disease resistance
- Good winterhardiness
Earliness
SIKEM has a medium heading date, however, growth starts very early in spring and maximizes the opportunity for a high forage quality from the first cut.
Good Standing Ability
SIKEM has a good standing ability thus minimizing the soil contamination by harvest, hereby offering a higher value in terms of feeding.
Good Disease Resistance
SIKEM has proven to have a good resistance to common diseases of ryegrasses like mildew and Rhynchosporium. A healthy crop leads to an increased palatability of the grass.
Good Winter hardiness
SIKEM has in many countries shown exceptionally good winterhardiness in terms of tolerance to some frost.
Technical Specifications
- Italian ryegrass
Well Proved and Well Known
- Listed/recommended in EU DK UK
- Lateness: Intermediate
Product information
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Specification and ratings
Relative yield of drymatter
Source: Official trials in Denmark| Sikem | Standard | |
| Year of sowing | 99 | 100 |
| 1.st.year after sowing | 106 | 100 |
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Italian ryegrass 2n
Diploid Italian ryegrass is one of the fastest growing grasses available to farmers. It establishes well and starts growing early in the following spring.