Variety traits

Lodging — Lavandula angustifolia

Lavandula angustifolia Mill.

Lodging in lavender refers to the spreading or deformation of the bush, where shoots lose their vertical stability. This leads to contamination of the raw material, the development of diseases, and significant losses during mechanized harvesting.

In the reference 9 varieties crop English lavender, where this is mentioned in the description.

For Lavandula angustifolia, lodging represents a loss of compactness and bush shape caused by excessive vegetative growth due to nitrogen oversupply or the lack of regular formative pruning. At an early stage, this phenomenon can also be triggered by soil waterlogging or poor ventilation conditions for seedlings.

In industrial cultivation, lodging negatively affects the quality of essential oil raw material due to the contact of shoots with the soil and makes efficient mechanized harvesting impossible. In breeding, this trait is evaluated qualitatively as the ability of a cultivar to maintain a dense bush structure throughout the entire growing season.

General information about the subject — on the page Lodging.

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Varieties of English lavender mentioned in the description

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