Serradella survives and shines in tough season

By Bob Freebairn
Updated December 4 2017 - 7:09am, first published 5:00am
Serradella (yellow flowering) survived second driest late autumn winter early spring on record to recommence growing, flowering, and seed setting following October rains.
Serradella (yellow flowering) survived second driest late autumn winter early spring on record to recommence growing, flowering, and seed setting following October rains.

Despite 2017 experiencing the second driest six months between April 1 and September 30 since 1900 (118 years) in our central west NSW area, serradella winter legume has outperformed sub clover by a big margin. On some properties biserrula has also performed far better than sub clover.

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