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Dalkeith

Subterranean Clover

(Trifolium subterraneun)

  • Dependent on seed for the following years growth
  • Very drought tolerant
  • Shallow rooted so cannot utilise deeper soil moisture
  • Susceptible to red-legged earth mite and lucerne flea
  • Poorly tolerant of water logging
  • Highly productive in spring but no summer production
  • Not suited for spring seeding

Key features
• Early season maturity – 97 days to flowering (AUS)
• Good early root growth and establishment
• Good hard seed levels
• Demonstrates good persistence

 

Dalkeith belongs to the Trifolium subterraneum ssp. family and demonstrates a prostrate to semi-erect growth habit. It persists well on various soil types and has early maturity, requiring a minimum growing season of four months. It has a high hard seed level, which in combination with its early maturity, makes it well suited to low rainfall cropping rotations. Dalkeith has taken up well in the 350 to 600 mm rainfall zones. It will be able to provide good early herbage production in low rainfall zones. Care must be taken with new sown pastures so as not to overgraze too early, as plants can be pulled from the ground.

Specifications
Seeding rate (pure)
10-15 kg/ha
Seeding rate (mixture)
2-6 kg/ha
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Annual Clover

Annual clovers are commonly used in South Africa and predominantly in the winter rainfall areas. These seasonal species have the ability to produce good quality feed under dry land or semi-irrigated areas where cereals used to be the norm. They are widely adapted to most soil types and being a legumes needs to be inoculated with Rhizobium bacteria.

Annual clovers are commonly used in South Africa and predominantly in the winter rainfall areas. These seasonal species have the ability to produce good quality feed under dry land or semi-irrigated areas where cereals used to be the norm. They are widely adapted to most soil...

Annual clovers are commonly used in South Africa and predominantly in the winter rainfall areas. These seasonal species have the ability to produce good quality feed under dry land or semi-irrigated areas where cereals used to be the norm. They are widely adapted to most soil types and being a legumes needs to be inoculated with Rhizobium bacteria.