Beans
Beans, like peas, have excellent nitrogen fixation abilities and can be sown as a nitrogen-fixing crop in an area declared as an EFA.
Beans are not suited for sowing after a main cereal crop as it is too late in the season for them to establish.
- Sowing rate: 90-100 kg/ha
- Frost tolerance: Poor
- Biomass: Good if sown early in the season
- Pests & diseases: Generally not a problem
GLAS Scheme:
- The following table presents the full list of prescribed catch crops permitted within the GLAS scheme.
- For GLAS, a mixture of at least 2 crops from the prescribed list must be sowing.
- Catch crops must remain in place until after 1st December.
| Brassica | Legume | Cereal | Other |
| Forage Rape
3-5 kg/ha |
Crimson Clover
10-15 kg/ha |
Rye
65-80 kg/ha |
Phacelia
2-5 kg/ha |
| Leafy Turnip
5 kg/ha |
Berseem Clover
10-15 kg/ha |
Oats
75-100 kg/ha |
Buckwheat
30-40 kg/ha |
| Tillage Radish
5 kg/ha |
Vetch
12 kg/ha |
Black Oats
75- 100 kg/ha |
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| Mustard
6-10 kg/ha |
Peas
30 kg/ha |
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| Beans
90-100 kg/ha |
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