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Product Description
Tetraploid, tankard type turnip with a large bulb size and high root to leaf ratio.
Physical Description
Tetraploid, tankard type turnip with a large bulb size and high root to leaf ratio.
Why Use Marco Tetraploid Turnip
- The earliest maturing turnip available in New Zealand.
- High grazing preference and palatability.
- Excellent bolting resistance and high clubroot resistance.
| PLOIDY | Tetraploid | GROWTH PEAK | Summer |
| SOWING RATE | 3 kg/ha | MATURITY (DAYS TO GRAZING) | 50 - 70 |
| SOWING DEPTH | 10 mm | BOLTING RESISTANCE (1=LOW 9=HIGH) | 9 |
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BENEFITS
The earliest maturing turnip available (50 - 70 days from grazing to sowing).
Less time out of pasture.
Sowing date flexibility.
Two Marco crops in one season are possible.
Large bulbs , with high bulb to leaf ratio and good bulb storage.
Bulb retains its quality for as long as 90 days after sowing.
Good resistance to bolting and clubroot.
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WHERE IT FITS
Marco can be used as a high yielding summer turnip crop in all parts of New Zealand, and with all livestock types. Its very short interval to grazing means less time out of pasture and sowing date flexibility. Two crops of Marco in one seeason are possible and Marco can be late sown, for example, where previous crop failure occurs.
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PERFORMANCE
Marco shows very good performance across a range of sites, with its fast maturity and highly palatable bulb.