Characteristics
- Leaves: leafy
- Stem: thick, soft, hollow
- Height: up to 1 m
- Flowers: small, crimson to pink, scent of honey
- Root: up to 25 cm deep, spindle-shaped taproot with few lateral roots
- Rapidly growing
Environmental needs
- No special claims to soils:
light to medium heavy soils
- Needs certain warmth and moisture
- Not winter-hardy
Use
- Tasty forage (multiple cutting use)
- Grazing
- Silage in mixtures
- Catch crop
Green manure
- Tilth improving
- As catch crop 8-10 quintals DM/ha
- Bee pasture
- Nitrogen-fixing
