Vegetation cover mixture MAS4 EXPERT BEE CD

Overview

• EXTENDED AND ABUNDANT FLOWERING
  Combination of 6 species, flowering from spring to autumn
• RAPID ESTABLISHMENT
  Fast ground cover
• SHELTER FOR BENEFICIALS
  Attracts natural predators of aphids

Mix composition
40% Misc.; 60% Fabaceae
Composition table
Species | Variety / Type | % by weight | Frost sensitivity
Buckwheat | FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM | 30% | -2 °C
White sweetclover | MELILOTUS ALBUS | 8% | (not indicated)
Phacelia | PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA | 10% | -7 °C
Alexandrian clover | TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM | 17% | -7 °C
Crimson clover | TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM | 15% | -15 °C
Common vetch | VICIA SAT WINTER | 20% | -12 °C

Sowing & cultivation
Sowing period: Late August
Sowing rate: 15 kg/ha
Sowing depth: 1 cm
Duration: Perennial
Note: For sowings from early May to mid‑August

Characteristics / technical specifications

• Commercial name: MAS4 EXPERT BEE CD
• Brand: MAS Seeds
• Type: Melliferous mix
• Duration: Perennial
• Overall composition: 40% Misc., 60% Fabaceae
• Detailed species: Buckwheat (FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM) 30% (frost tolerance -2 °C); White sweetclover (MELILOTUS ALBUS) 8%; Phacelia (PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA) 10% (frost tolerance -7 °C); Alexandrian clover (TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM) 17% (frost tolerance -7 °C); Crimson clover (TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM) 15% (frost tolerance -15 °C); Common vetch (VICIA SAT WINTER) 20% (frost tolerance -12 °C)
• Recommended sowing period: late August (possible from early May to mid‑August)
• Recommended sowing rate: 15 kg/ha
• Recommended sowing depth: 1 cm