Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortNasturtium officinale
Description | |||
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Life form | herb | Physiology | |
Habit | Category | vegetables, medicinals & aromatic | |
Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
Ecology | |||||||
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Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | shallow (20-50 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
Temperat. requir. | 12 | 17 | 6 | 32 | Soil texture | medium, light | heavy, medium, light |
Rainfall (annual) | 1000 | 2300 | 300 | 4200 | Soil fertility | moderate | low |
Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
Altitude | --- | --- | - | 3000 | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 8.3 | Soil drainage | poorly (saturated >50% of year) | poorly (saturated >50% of year), well (dry spells) |
Light intensity | very bright | very bright | very bright | light shade |
Climate zone | tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours), long day (>14 hours) |
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Killing temp. during rest | 3 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
Introduction risks. |
Cultivation | ||||
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Min | Max | |||
Product. system | Crop cycle | 40 | 80 | |
Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
Uses | ||
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Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
food & beverage | vitamins | entire plant |
food & beverage | minerals | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | vitamins | entire plant |
animal food (feed) | minerals | entire plant |
medicinal | respiratory applications | entire plant |
medicinal | blood system applications | entire plant |