TerraLife® components
White mustard
Sinapis alba
Characteristics
- Leaves: serrated, bristly
- Height: 1-2 m
- Quadrangular stems
- Flower: yellow, dense panicle-like raceme
- Seeds: 4-8 in pods with a long, flattened beak
- Root: deep taproot, lateral roots
- Rapid growth
- Abundant growth
- Dies off with frost
- Very sensitive to long daylight conditions and therefore preferably sown late (early/mid August)
Environmental needs
- Undemanding
- Tolerates drought
Use
- Cover crop
- Oil, spice
Green manure
- Very good green manure yield (Sowing in mid-August)
- Good weed suppressant
- Very good N-accumulation
- Root residue 12-15 quintals DM/ha
Function within TerraLife®
- Deep rooting
- Nematode-reducing
- Uses efficient nutritients from manure
- Late sowing is possible