Samurai

Product Description

• Seed Agronomy Table

  Seeding Rate - Dryland (kg/ha)

  2-8

  Seeding Rate - High Rainfall/Irrigation (kg/ha)

  8 - 20

  Maturity

  Mid

  Leaf Type

  3-6 Months

• Seed Treatment

  XLR8™ optional

• Enterprises For This Seed

  Viticulture and Horticulture

• Strengths

  Abundant floral production. Sustained flowering period. High levels of attraction to bees and other beneficial insects. Additional soil borne disease mitigation.

• Limitations

  Its residue breaks down quickly

• Pasture Type And Use

  Sown in either autumn or spring, Samurai is a flexible, multipurpose cover crop option. Utilised for fast ground cover/weed competition, high caliber biofumigation or providing lengthy floral resources for beneficial insects.

• Rainfall

  Greater than 300mm or irrigation

• Soils

  Tolerates a broad range of pH range. Tolerant of lower fertility and can withstand some waterlogging.

• Temperature

  Able to withstand frosty and high temperature conditions

• Establishment
  Sowing/Planting Rates In Mixtures

  1 to 8 kilograms per hectare

  Sowing/Planting Rates as Single Species

  2 to 20 kilograms per hectare

  Sowing Time

  Autumn or Spring

  Fertiliser

  Ideally sowing with starter fertilizer, MAP or DAP at a rate of 80 kilograms per hectare

• Management
  Maintenance Fertiliser

  Around 4 weeks, additional Nitrogen should be applied at of 60 kilograms per hectare

  Major Pests

  Red-legged earth mite, slugs, Aphids, cabbage moth, cabbage white butterfly, diamond black moth, cutworms, lucerne flea, wingless grasshoppers and leafminers. Insecticide coated seed is available to aid establishment.

• Establishment Guarantee

  At S&W Seed Company Australia we're so confident about our seed genetics and seed quality, we will replace seed at half the original purchase price if it fails to establish satisfactorily in the first thirty days* Read more