Blackstone

A group 4 soft variety that offers flexibility on drilling date due to it's low vernilisation requirement

101%

UK treated yield

2026 AHDB RL

103%

UK late sown yield

2026 AHDB RL

78.5kg/hl

Specific weight

2026 AHDB RL

Blackstone has a wide sowing window offering growers flexibility in wet autumns
Excellent Hagberg at 295 - the highest of any recommended soft
Tall, stiff strawed variety with good tillering ability, producing lots of straw
Blackstone performs exceptionally in the north at 104%
Well equiped to handle late season disease pressures.
Suited to a maize rotation due to Fusarium resistance

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Blackstone has a wide sowing window offering growers flexibility in wet autumns
Excellent Hagberg at 295 - the highest of any recommended soft
Tall, stiff strawed variety with good tillering ability, producing lots of straw
Blackstone performs exceptionally in the north at 104%
Well equiped to handle late season disease pressures.
Suited to a maize rotation due to Fusarium resistance