Goatskin is a bean grass, the yield of which reaches 70-80 tons. It can grow in one place for up to 20 years. There are 2 types of this plant: Lori and North Caucasian. Goatskin is a frost-resistant grass that tolerates cold winters and cool springs. Thanks to the powerfully developed root system, its crops can be used on sloping terrain as a means of combating soil erosion.
Eastern goatskin
Eastern goatskin contains active substances that stimulate milk secretion, excite the sympathetic-adrenaline system and enhance blood circulation. Goatskin is an excellent honey plant that bees visit during flowering, as a result of which this culture is marked by a stable seed yield. Eastern goatberry in its melliferousness and nectar productivity is equivalent to sainfoin. A small prospect for the distribution of goat is presented in areas of sufficient humidity, where at least 500 mm of rain falls in one year. Eastern goatskin is a perennial herb. According to the root system, it refers to plants with a rod root, which forms root offspring. In the first years of life, the development of the goat is relatively slow, produces no more than one mowing of 4 tons of hay, and it is not recommended to mow it in the first year of life, if the plant has a height of no more than 20 cm by the end of the growing season . Goat is a grass that gives the earliest spring food, when alfalfa and clover only begin to grow rapidly. This culture is indispensable for humans due to the ability to long vegetation, the use of grass stands until the end of autumn, the high energy of shoot formation.
Beneficial features
Eastern goatskin is a grass that is high in protein, ash elements and carbohydrates. The feed value of the plant remains high throughout the growing season. The stems and leaves remain green even after the seeds ripen, while maintaining nutritional value. Plants are used as fresh feed for livestock , for hay, high protein concentrates.
Conditions
The ripening process is marked by coarsening of the stem, which nevertheless remains green together with the leaves until the seeds are fully ripe. When they are removed, it is possible to simultaneously obtain green mass for feed. Eastern goatskin is demanding of light, especially in the initial stage of growth, it does not tolerate shading. The cover culture should not be too lodging and dense, it is harvested early. For the same reasons, the goat is sensitive to weediness, and especially in the year of sowing. For this crop, loose, fertile, and moist soils are considered preferred. Sowing of the goat is successful not only on chernozem, but also on sod-carbonate and sod-podzolic soils. Plants are cultivated on reclaimed drained peatlands and floodplain lands. In any case, the soil should be cultivated, rich in organic matter and possess a sufficiently deep arable layer, be clean of weeds.