Green Manures

Pseudo cereal with fast growth, with a short cycle, not needing much water to grow. It is sensitive to frosts and should not be sown until the risk of frost ends. Its flowers attract a lot of bees and make wonderful honey. It can also be used as a green manure due to its rapid growth and ability to suppress weeds. Very interesting option for gluten intolerance and celiac disease. Rich in protein.

Used in permanent irrigated meadows or fresh rainfed. It produces excellent quality green matter, allowing for several cuts. Used on its own or intercropped with other grass or legume crops for green manure, presenting resistance to low temperatures and frosts. It is an interesting crop for animal feed.

Mixture to improve the structure of poor and poorly ventilated soils, increasing organic matter. Due to competition with the vine, the microclimate in the cluster area improves, decreasing the incidence of diseases and benefiting the composition of the berry. Attractive for auxiliary insects and pollinators, it has the ability to control weeds and improve soil water balance.

Composition: 17.5% Buckwheat; 8% Phacelia; 9% Flax; 8% Sunflower; 0.5% Calendula; 15%  Yellow Lupin; 10%  Eyptian Clover; 8% Persian Clover; 6% Vetch; 8% Serradela ; 2% Dill; 5% Coriander; 3% Mallow

Mixture with fast-growing crops, legumes (nitrogen incorporation in the soil) and grasses (increased soil aeration). Ideal for uncultivated soils for long periods of time, with erosion problems, being resistant to cold and improving the water infiltration capacity in the soil.

Composition: 30% Ryegrass Ronaldo; 15% Ryegrass Fábio; 35% Vetch; 20% Red Clover.

Annual forage crop with excellent nutritional value, which allows 3 cuts to be made, and is also used for grazing and green manure. It is intercropped with annual clovers and vetch. It leads to improvements in soil structure, has rapid growth and implementation and is resistant to rust. It is demanding in nutrients and water, being sensitive to cold and drought.

Perennial crop used in permanent irrigated or fresh rainfed meadows. It produces excellent quality green matter, allowing for several cuts (3/4 per year). Used alone or intercropped with other perennial crops and in green manure. It needs well-drained soil. Demanding in soil and water.

Used in permanent dryland meadows for grazing or cutting and fertilizing in green. It adapts to various types of soil, resistant to water logging, cold and salinity. Use in intercropping with other legumes and grasses such as oats, ryegrass and vetch.

With vigorous growth, this plant attracts bees and auxiliary insects. It is a crop that has a high concentration of nitrogen in its tissues, thus providing this nutrient for the following crops, in addition to improving the soil structure. Phacelia can easily reseed the following year. For all these benefits, phacelia is widely cultivated in fields, vegetable gardens, vineyards, orchards and gardens.

This crop on its own can be used either as forage, hay or silage, or grazing, with dry matter production between 5 to 8 t / ha. It can also be used for grain production. In association with other crops it serves as a tutor to climbing legumes, such as vetch.

Used in rainfed meadows, alone or intercropped with other annual legumes and grasses such as rye, oats, ryegrass and red clover. Due to its deep root system it resists drought conditions, behaving well in weak soils (light and acidic), as long as well drained. It has an excellent nutritional value. Under normal conditions, the flowering season of serradela occurs 4 months after sowing.

Perennial upright crop used in temporary irrigated meadows (2-3 years) intercropped with ryegrass. Used in irrigated permanent pastures and green manure, it is also indicated for cutting, able to make between 4 to 8 per year, producing an average of 12 to 15 t of dry matter / year / ha. It adapts to various types of soil, preferring the deep ones with a reasonable calcium content, with a sowing depth between 2 to 3 cm.

Perennial crop resistant to winter, rustic, very productive and with high nutritional value for animal feed. Used in permanent meadows and green manure, on its own or in intercropping with other legumes and grasses (such as ryegrass). It should be sown at a depth of 1 to 2 cm and is not very tolerant to drought.