Hawkestone 

Hawkestone swede is a high yielding, yellow-fleshed, main crop swede with medium maturity. Along with a similar dry rot and clubroot tolerance to Aparima Gold swede, Hawkestone also has a good disease tolerance to powdery mildew. With the added benefit of the Cleancrop™ Brassica System, Hawkestone swede is tolerant to Telar® herbicide application at both pre- and postemergence for excellent weed control. It is the first swede cultivar to be single plant selected for lower levels of grazing anti-nutritional glucosinolate compounds (progoitrin, glucobrassicin and neoglucobrassicin levels similar to Aparima Gold Swede).

Sowing rate

Pelleted 90,000 seeds/ha  

7 trials: Methven (2013, 2014, 2015), Gore (2013, 2014, 2015) and Palmerston North (2015). In these trials conventional herbicides were used on all cultivars. Telar® was not applied. Where Telar® was used for Hawkestone and no herbicide applied to the other cultivars, we would expect higher yields for Hawkestone swede.

The Cleancrop™ Brassica System is a crop and weed management solution all in one. 

Only Cleancrop™ combines the power of broad-spectrum herbicide Telar® and plants bred to resist it. Telar® takes care of 23 hard-to-control weeds at the time of sowing, freeing up moisture and nutrients to give your crop the best chance of maximising performance and delivering superior returns on your seed investment. Telar® cannot be used with conventional brassicas.

PGG Wrightson Seeds Sales Agronomist Brian Young in a paddock of Cleancrop™ Hawkestone swede in Southland.