Rainfall revives early maturing legumes

By Bob Freebairn
October 23 2017 - 4:50am
Winter legume serradella (yellow flowering) in a tropical grass pasture managed to survive one of the driest winters early spring on record. Good early October rains resulted in revival of this early maturing serradella.
Winter legume serradella (yellow flowering) in a tropical grass pasture managed to survive one of the driest winters early spring on record. Good early October rains resulted in revival of this early maturing serradella.

A dry winter/spring, like many areas of NSW experienced in 2017, is why it is desirable for annual legumes like sub clover and serradella to be early maturing hard seeded varieties.

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