Vegetation cover mixture MAS4

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Summary

• Rapid soil cover for protection: a diverse species composition ensures quick cover to limit soiling and erosion.
• Soil structuring: complementary root systems of species that structure different soil horizons.
• High biomass: significant biomass before winter and increased after winter; common vetch enhances nitrogen return.

Use / objectives

• Service plants for interim sowing
• Biomass production
• Soil structure improvement

Mixture composition

• 20% Grasses
• 15% Brassicaceae
• 8% Miscellaneous
• 57% Fabaceae

Species table
Species | Variety / Type | % by weight | Seeds/m² at min. density | Frost sensitivity
Rough oat | AVENA STRIGOSA LATE | 20% | 23 | -10 °C
Brown mustard | BRASSICA JUNCEA LATE | 6% | 45 | -5 °C
Phacelia | PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA | 8% | 90 | -7 °C
Oil radish (daikon) | RAPHANUS SATIVUS DAIKON | 9% | 9 | -7 °C
Bengal vetch | VICIA BENGHALENSIS | 22% | 10 | -8 °C
Common vetch | VICIA SAT WINTER | 35% | 11 | -12 °C


Nutrient return to the next crop (depending on cover biomass)
Cover biomass | 3 t DM | 4 t DM | 5 t DM
Nitrogen (kg/ha) | 34 | 42 | 56
Phosphorus (kg/ha) | 25 | 30 | 40
Potassium (kg/ha) | 140 | 185 | 235
Carbon (t/ha) | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9


Mixture effects (scale 1–9)

• Biomass: 9 / 9
• Biodiversity: 7 / 9
• Soil structure: 9 / 9
• Nitrogen: 7 / 9
• Pollinators: 7 / 9
• Ease of destruction: 7 / 9
• Speed of establishment: 8 / 9

Sowing & cultivation
Sowing period | Mid-August / Mid-October
Sowing rate | 15 kg/ha ≈ 188 g/m²
Sowing depth | 1 - 2 cm
Additional advice: ideal sowing from early August to the end of September at 1–2 cm depth. Destroy at least 1 month before the main crop.


Characteristics / technical specifications

• Brand: MAS Seeds
• Commercial name: MAS4 COVER SOL
• Product type: service plant mixture / cover crop
• Composition by family: 20% Grasses, 15% Brassicaceae, 8% Miscellaneous, 57% Fabaceae
• Main species (variety/type and frost sensitivity): Rough oat (AVENA STRIGOSA LATE, -10 °C), Brown mustard (BRASSICA JUNCEA LATE, -5 °C), Phacelia (PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA, -7 °C), Oil radish (RAPHANUS SATIVUS DAIKON, -7 °C), Bengal vetch (VICIA BENGHALENSIS, -8 °C), Common vetch (VICIA SAT WINTER, -12 °C)
• Seeds/m² at min. density (per species): Rough oat 23, Brown mustard 45, Phacelia 90, Oil radish 9, Bengal vetch 10, Common vetch 11
• Recommended sowing rate: 15 kg/ha (≈188 g/m²)
• Recommended sowing depth: 1 - 2 cm
• Recommended sowing period: mid-August to mid-October (ideal early August to end September)
• Estimated nutrient return (depending on biomass): Nitrogen 34–56 kg/ha, Phosphorus 25–40 kg/ha, Potassium 140–235 kg/ha, Carbon 0.5–0.9 t/ha