WINTAROO is a tall, mid-season maturing hay oat with good early vigour. It resists brown leaf tipping by hot, northerly winds better than other varieties and is adapted to low, medium, and high rainfall locations. WINTAROO also has low grain hull lignin making it an option for feed grain.
WINTAROO maintains good colour longer than most varieties, so care is needed to assess the crop for optimum cutting time to ensure good quality.
Growing Conditions
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Soil Type
Performs well in sandy loam to medium clay loams It will not tolerate excess waterlogging and will perform better with improved fertility
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Sowing Rate
Pure 60 - 80kg/ha Dryland
Pure 80 - 120kg High Rainfall/ Irrigation -
Rainfall
350mm+
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pH
5.2 - 8.0 (CaCl2)
Advantages
- Tall mid-season forage/hay type
- Good early vigour
- Strong multiple grazing and hay oat
- Wintaroo is tolerant of stem nematode and is resistant and tolerant of cereal cyst nematode
- Better lodging resistance than Marloo
- Strong performance with feed testing analysis
- Can be utilised as a feed grain option