{"product_id":"cowpea-ebony-per-kg-25","title":"COWPEA EBONY PER KG (25) AGF CWPEB-UT-25","description":"\u003cp id=\"c1-id-153\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eCowpea Ebony\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-154\"\u003eVigna unguiculata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-155\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eEbony Cowpeas is an annual diploid summer legume forage crop exhibiting a spreading growth habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-156\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eEbony Cowpeas was released to Australia as a grazing type of cowpea suited to subtropical coastal areas with medium rainfall or in areas with irrigation. It has good tolerance to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-157\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003ePhytophthora root disease.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-158\"\u003eEbony Cowpeas is an annual diploid summer legume forage crop exhibiting a spreading growth habit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-159\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eEbony Cowpeas was released to Australia as a grazing type of cowpea suited to subtropical coastal areas with medium rainfall or in areas with irrigation. It has good tolerance to Phytophthora root disease.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-160\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eFeatures\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-161\"\u003e• Resistance to stem rot disease races 3 and 4 of the severe root rot fungus, Phytophthora vignae.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-162\"\u003e• Long production season\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-163\"\u003e• Good drought tolerance\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-164\"\u003e• No prussic acid issues\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-165\"\u003e• Excellent source of nitrogen in summer rotations\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-166\"\u003e• Good companion legume with millet and forage sorghum\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-167\"\u003e• Adds quality to silage and hay through higher protein content.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-168\"\u003e• Excellent green manure crop.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-169\"\u003e• Large seed (5,000\/kg)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-170\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eEbony Cowpeas are susceptible to frost and prone to Bean fly attack on late sown crops at the 2 – 3 leaf stage. Requires inoculant Group I.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-171\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003ePlant characteristics:\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-172\"\u003e• Variable growth habit depending on cultivars. It can be used as a dual-purpose crop either for grain and\/or forage.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-173\"\u003e• It is an annual with herbaceous growth habit – from prostrate trailing plant to climbing vine.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-174\"\u003e• It produces high seed yields where both seed and plant offer high nutritive value and palatability.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-175\"\u003e• It is easy to establish and is known to improve soil fertility through nitrogen fixation.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-176\"\u003e• Widely adaptable to a range of soil types\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-177\"\u003e• Greater drought tolerance than other pulses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-178\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eManagement:\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-179\"\u003e• Best sown when soil temperatures reach 18°C.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-180\"\u003e• Sow at a depth of 3 – 5 cm.\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-181\"\u003e• Use 18 – 35cm row spacings to achieve 9 – 13 plants per m²\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-182\"\u003e• Wider row spacings allows for better livestock access and reduce trampling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-183\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003eUsed as a grain for human consumption or as forage for livestock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp id=\"c1-id-184\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\"\u003e• Recommended pH Rate: 4.0 – 7.0\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-185\"\u003e• Recommended Rainfall Rate: 400mm+\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-186\"\u003e• Recommended Sow Rate:\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-187\"\u003e10 to 14 kgs\/ha dryland\u003cbr id=\"c1-id-188\"\u003e20kgs-30kg\/ha under irrigation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TGRM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48633078907122,"sku":"CWPEB-UT-25","price":5.65,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/0528\/5106\/files\/CWPEB-UT-25.jpg?v=1767600408","url":"https:\/\/tgrm.com.au\/products\/cowpea-ebony-per-kg-25","provider":"Tom Grady Rural Merchandise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}