Legume Cover Crop

Product Details :

Mucuna Bracteata (MB)originating from India,  A wild legume Mucuna bracteata collected is drought resistant and shade tolerant. Nitrogen fixing capacity of this was found to be high. It grows fast and covers the field very quickly thus, it suppresses all weeds. The seed rate is 200g for planting in 420 points (1 ha).
Mucuna bracteata is a perennial leguminous creeper commonly used in young rubber and palm oil in Asia.
 

Advantages

- Easy establishment and vigorous growth
- High shade and drought-tolerance
- Good biomass production
- High nitrogen fixing capacity
- Good tolerability to pest and diseases
- Excellent soil erosion control
- Probable allelopathic property
- Low seed rate, hence less labour intensive

Seed Rate

200 g/ha

Product Details :

Pueraria Javanica ( PJ ) originating from Thailand,  A very popular cover crop worldwide. especially in coffee, oil palm, citrus and rubber plantations.It is a vigorous twiner and creeper that can be propagandized by seeds and cuttings. The Plant can stand strong sun and smothers weeds ever Chromolena. The seed rate is about 3-4.5 kg/ha

  Advantages :
- Good soil acidity and shade tolerance
- Persistent
- High nutritive value, thus secondary use as hay, silage and cut and carry forage