METHOD OF SOWING SEEDS OF ALFALFA AND LEBAN FOR PASTURE FORAGE IN ARID ZONES Russian patent published in 2015 - IPC A01C1/00 A01C7/00 A01G1/00 A01B79/02 A23K1/00 

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: method comprises planting grass mixtures of legume crops. The tillage to a depth of 20-25 cm, surface levelling and sowing seeds is carried out with inter-row spacing of 15 cm under the scheme leban-alfalfa-alfalfa-leban. In the first year of life in May, in the budding phase - the beginning of flowering, the alfalfa is harvested together with leban for hay. On the second year in spring leban is used for hay, and in winter it is grazed off by sheep or cattle. In other years leban is grazed off at the grassroots alternatively - in summer and in winter, with seeding rate of leban of 5 kg/ha, alfalfa - 6 kg/ha of seeds. Two-component mixtures of leban and alfalfa are sown in winter. For self-sowing of leban every two years grazing of leban is alternated in summer and the following year in winter.

EFFECT: method enables to increase the productivity of grassland crops and to improve soil nutrient content.

2 cl, 1 tbl