Pasja Turnips

$92.63
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SKU
9TURNPA
Forage & Cover Crop Turnips | 25 lb Bag
Weight: 25.000000

Pasja is a high energy, early maturing (50-70 days) hybrid forage brassica (forage turnip X forage rape) which has been bred for rapid growth, re-growth, and high performance. Pasja is a tap root type brassica.

Pasja can be used over a much longer period of time the traditional turnip or rape cultivars. It has exceptional regrowth ability and should provide good amounts of summer feed. Pasja is very productive and with good grazing and fertility management produces outstanding yields. Pasja produces exceptionally leafy forage with excellent nutritional value. Pasja turnips need 30-50 lbs/acre of actual N.

APPLICATIONS

  • Supplement or Extend Grazing Season – Pasja can be used to supplement or extend the grazing season when cool season pastures slow down because of summer heat or the cold.
  • Sow with BMR Sorghum-Sudangrass/Pearl Millet –Pasja adds high quality forage to the summer diet. Pasja re-grows along with the summer annual grasses for multiple grazings.
  • Sow with cereal grains or annual ryegrass in the spring or late-summer. Pasja provides excellent tonnage and high quality forage to this mix for multiple grazings. Pasja also works well if sown after a cereal crop is harvested for late-summer/fall grazing.
  • Break Crop - Pasja can also be used as a break crop in order to convert older pastures to different species and newer varieties. An annual crop gives a bigger window to eliminate the old undesirable forage through the use of herbicides, tillage and competition of the brassica crop itself.

 

Sowing and Establishment

Pasja should be seed at 3-5 pounds per acre when direct drilled. Use a higher rate when broadcasted. Follow soil test recommendations. Nitrogen: If not using manure, apply 50-60 lb/A nitrogen at seeding followed additional 20 to 50 lbs/A after each grazing. There should be 60lb/acre of available phosphate for sowing brassica crops. If you soil with high sulfur levels do not fertilize with sulfur-containing fertilizers.

 

Grazing Management

Allow at least 5-6 weeks before initial grazing of Pasja and then expect to re-graze at approximately monthly intervals. Graze no lower than 4” if you desire multiple grazings. Overgrazing can damage the crown and should be avoided. For best palatability, graze Pasja before it flowers.

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