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A late, fast-growing and highly productive, large-leaved Persian clover for forage or green manure

• The most productive annual legumes
• Easily established
• Grows quickly and allows for a high first harvest
• With sufficient moisture, multiple harvests can be obtained
• Re-grows well after cutting
• Aftermath is valuable
• Plant – almost erect, bush-shaped
• Plants – up to 75-80 cm tall
• Stems – thick (about 35 mm in diameter), hollow, thin-walled, soft, very sensitive to lodging
• Stems become woody very slowly (low fiber content in the fodder)
• Leaves – trifoliate, about 25 mm long (large, like of Lightning variety)
• Flowering – late
• Maturity – late (about 165 days)
• Resistant to Clover scorch (Kabatiella caulivora)
• Resistance to leaf and stem rust – low
• Tolerant to clover root rot (Phytophthora clandestina)
• Good heat tolerance
• Fairly tolerant to frost and cold, but grows slowly at low temperatures
• Flowers – pink, with a specific odor
• Soft seeds
• Seeds – about 1 mm long, ovoid, multi-coloured (brown, olive, purple)
• 1000 seed weight – 1.25-1.70 g
• Seed yields – 150-300 kg/ha (potential – 1000 kg/ha)
• Fodder – nutritious and very digestible
• Rich in protein, minerals, vitamins
• Crude protein content – 16–24 %
• Fiber content – low
• NDF content – 24-45 %
• Digestibility – 63-78 %
• Used for green fodder and silage or hay production
• Stems are nutritious, but dry slowly
• Transport bales immediately – hay is quite sensitive to rain
• Low isoflavone content – no risk to breeding stock
• Low risk of bloat after feeding
• Companion plants – Italian ryegrass and other annual clovers
• Suitable for short-term pastures
• Suitable for sheep, cattle, dairy cows
• Graze when it reaches 15-20 cm in height, in a rotational manner to a height of 4-5 cm, so that the animal can feed effectively and the pasture can regrow
• Does not tolerate intensive grazing
• Avoid overgrazing, as developing stems are destroyed
• Liked by livestock and wild animals
• Suitable for annual mixtures for fodder
• Particularly suitable for pasture mixtures with Italian ryegrass or oats
• Fixes nitrogen, improves soil
• During the vegetation period, it can accumulate up to 100 kg/ha of biological nitrogen
• A strong root system and easily decomposable aboveground part contribute to soil protection and erosion control, so it is an excellent choice for green manure
• When sowing as a catch/cover crop, sown more densely, fight weeds more strongly, and produce a higher yield of green biomass
• Develops best in a warm and humid climate
• Likes fertile, medium-heavy soils that retain moisture well
• Adapts to a wide variety of soils, except sandy and acidic ones
• Best suited for growing in neutral or slightly alkaline soils (pHCaCl2 5.5-8.5)
• Tolerates clay soils
• Tolerates partially soggy soils
• Seed inoculation is recommended
• Seeds germinate at a temperature of 6-8 °C
• Required rainfall during the growing season – 450-500 mm (450 mm+ and more) (elsewhere – 600-800 mm)
• Produces a lot of nectar, very liked by bees

• Dry matter yield of the first cut – 1.840 t/ha
• Dry matter yield of the second cut – 0.994 t/ha

*Based on 2009 research data in Australia. Source: Pasture/pasture trials. Southern Farming Systems | 2009 Growing Season Trial Results, p. 196-197

The advantages of coated seeds:

• Allows more precisely to incorporate small size seeds with low sowing rate
• Protect seed from mechanic stress caused by sowing machines
• Protect seed from birds and insects - in fact coating components are not toxic but they don’t even attract them
• The extra-resistance of the coating avoids dust leakage and dust accumulation in the sowing machine
• Have less hard-seed content which means higher immediate germination percentage on the establishment of crop

The varietal parameters may differ from those indicated here when the testing circumstances differ from quondam