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Puna II

chicory

  • Excellent drought tolerance
  • Highly palatable
  • Good disease resistance and insect tolerance
  • High yielding
  • Long season growth
Suitable For

Sowing Rate: 2-10kg/ha
Rainfall: Minimum 500mm per annum
Weeks to Grazing: 8-10 weeks
Grazing Management Method: Rotational Grazed – Medium Term
Pasture Life: 6 mths - 2years
Soil Fertility: High (Olsen P 20+)

Produces highly nutritious feed in all seasons

Puna II is a true perennial chicory bred for improved animal performance. It delivers premium quality feed and a high dry matter yield. Puna II is ideally suited to dairy pastures and finishing systems due to its semi-erect growth habit. It has a fast regrowth after grazing, especially if rotationally grazed and establishes well in pasture swards.

In tropical and subtropical environments, Puna II can be sown in a mixed pasture sward successfully.

Pasture seed sowing rate (sole): 6-10kg/ha
Pasture seed sowing rate (mixed): 2-8kg/ha

 

Puna II chicory

Grazing management

Chicory should be rotationally grazed for best performance and persistence. Hard grazing, particularly in wet conditions, may cause damage to the crown and can affect production and persistence.

Rainfall

Minimum 500mm rainfall per annum unless irrigated

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