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Jetta Brand
Performance/Management
- Cool-season biennial for use as a late-summer/early-fall cover crop or as a late-spring planted nurse or forage crop
- Being a biennial, Jetta has a good chance of surviving winter, but will not put on a seed head when planted late spring
- Use lower seeding rate if using as a nurse crop to establish legumes
Description
Agronomics
- Yield: 5
- Maturity: 3
- Palatability: 5
- Digestibility: 5
- Disease Tolerance: 4
- Stand Density: 5
- Winter Hardiness: 4
- Drought Tolerance: 3
- Grazing Adaptability: 5
- Fit Grass/Legume Mix: 5
- Leaf Texture: 5
Seeding Rates
- Drilled Pure Stand: 30 to 35 lbs per acre
- Brodcast Pure Stand: 35 to 40 lbs per acre
- Interceding: 15 to 20 lbs per acre
- Over Rost Seeding: 15 to 20 lbs per acre
- Grass/Hay Mixture: 3 to 5 lbs per acre
