FORCE 4™
Force 4 comprises multi-stemmed plants with an upright growth habit. It maintains high numbers of leaves along its stems. Force 4 shows good early growth and long term persistence, and has excellent cold and drought tolerance.
Agronomic features:
- One of New Zealand’s favourite lucerne
- Winter activity rating of 4
- High leaf to stem ratio
- Robust variety under cutting and grazing
- Quality forage with high yields
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Pest and disease ratings
| BGA Blue Green Aphid |
SN Stem Nematode |
RKN Root-knot Nematode |
PRR Phytophthora Root Rot |
VW Verticillium Wilt |
BW Bacterial Wilt |
FW Fusarium Wilt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MR | R | R | HR | HR | R | HR |
Feed available
On the international lucerne dormancy scale of 1-10 (1 = highly winter dormant, 10 = highly winter active) Force 4 is a winter dormant variety. Force 4 produces large amounts of high quality feed, through mid-late spring, summer and autumn.
Stock suitability
All stock types.
Sowing rate
8-12kg/ha
of freshly inoculated seed. Up to 6kg/ha in mixes.
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