PDF Product Sheet Niger (Guizotia abyssinica) Characteristics: Leaves: lanceolate, serrated or margins entire Height: up to 1.8 m Flowers: yellow, 2-3 heads stand together Root: Taproot with lateral roots, up to 30 cm deep Environmental needs: No special claims pH value 5.3 to 7.3 Sensitive to frost Use: Catch crop Green manure: Susceptible to Rhizoctonia and Sclerotinia → keep care of position in crop rotations Weed suppression Dies off reliably with frost Biomass rots easily (dark coloured) Function within TerraLife: Dry germinating Shallow rooting Tilth improver Mycorrhization-promoter Epigeogenous rhizome TerraLife mixtures: BetaMaxx DT BetaSola MaizePro DT N-Fixx SolaRigol DT For source references click here. Interesting articles about cover crops Approved retailer Approved retailer Approved retailer