We put extra protection
by Bill
Camerer
I like to spring seed alfalfa
with a drill. But I know growers
who swear by everything from
broadcasting to fluid seeding.
Top growers do agree on one
thing, though. You’re only
spinning your wheels if you
don’t seed high yielding
varieties. Ones that resist
disease and ride out our hard
Eastern winters.
And no alfalfas do better than
Doebler’s Starmaster and
Precedent. On all counts. Here’s
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what we put in every bag:
Big Ton Potential. Precedent
topped 1988-89 trials in New
York. Starmaster placed first in
two-year average of Virginia
trials. And the two finished 6th
and Bth in mammoth PA trials.
Winter hardiness for longer
stands. Doebler’s alfalfas get
top rating. But Starmaster has
slight edge.
Multiple disease resistance
to slow thin out. Starmaster and
Precedent resist Anthracnose,
Bacterial Wilt, Fusarium Wilt,
Phytophthora Root Rot and
Verticillium Wilt. Precedent also
resists new killer, Aphanomyces
Insect resistance. Starmaster
shows moderate resistance to
leaf hopper and pea aphid.
Precedent shrugs off spotted
alfalfa aphid.
Seed treatment with Apron
to protect young plants from
root rot in first critical days.
Seed also treated with Dormal
innoculant.
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DOEBLER'S ALFALFAS
in every bag
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