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Establishment and Management Sowing Arrowleaf clover cannot be successfully grown with a cereal cover crop. In most years the spring growth of the arrowleaf will impede the harvesting of the cereal crop. Arrowleaf is best established by one of three methods –as an elite sward, drilled into existing pasture when that pasture is . . . → Read More: Arrowleaf Clover - Establishment & Management African Lovegrass Sowing Because Consol seed cannot be easily identified from the seed of unpalatable naturalised lovegrass, it is essential to use only certified seed. Certification is the only protection growers have against impure seed. Some lovegrasses are highly unpalatable. Sowing time Consol can be sown successfully at any time in areas . . . → Read More: African Lovegrass - Management Scientific name Ornithopus compressus Strengths A nutritious, palatable, persistent legume. Tolerant of acid soils with high levels of aluminium. Well adapted to infertile deep sandy soils. Drought tolerant (deeper- root system than subterranean clover and pink serradella). Tolerates heavy grazing. Low bloat risk. Extremely tolerant of aphids, lucerne flea and red-legged earth mite at . . . → Read More: Yellow Serradella Woolly pod vetch plant Scientific name Vicia villosa ssp. dasycarpa Strengths An annual pasture/forage/grain legume, palatable green and as dry matter/hay/silage. Very high animal feeding value as green and dry plant. Very high in dry matter production (5-12t/ha) and highly acceptable as hay/silage as well for green manuring. WPV offers substantial improvements . . . → Read More: Woolly Pod Vetch Wimmera/Annual ryegrass Scientific name Lolium rigidum Strengths Vigorous growth. Drought tolerant. Tolerant of continuous grazing, heavy stocking, low soil fertility and some insect pests. Limitations Can cause Annual ryegrass toxicity. Can be a serious weed in field crops. Plant description Plant: A freely seeding, self-regenerating annual tussock grass. Strains highly variable re . . . → Read More: Wimmera/Annual Ryegrass White clover plant Scientific name Trifolium repens Strengths High nutritive value and year round growth. Well adapted to grazing. Some Australian cultivars have relatively high heat tolerance. Limitations Vigour limited by viral diseases. Low tolerance to summer moisture stress. Plant description Trifolium repens Plant: Rhizomatous, prostrate perennial with stolons . . . → Read More: White Clover |
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