Legume/Grass Mixtures For Sand Country Farmland Pastures
Dry Sand Ridges
Grasslands Matua' prairie grass
8 kg
Grasslands Wana' cocksfoot
6 kg
Grasslands Colenso' broad red clover
2 kg
Grasslands Turoa' Montgomery red clover
2 kg
Mt Barker' subterranean clover
1.5 kg
Grasslands Colenso' broad red clover
1.5 kg
Grasslands Goldie' birdsfoot trefoil
3 kg
Total
28 kg/ha
Moist Sand Flats
Grasslands SuperNui' perennial ryegrass
15 kg
Grasslands Wana' cocksfoot
5 kg
Grasslands Pitau' white clover
3 kg
Grasslands Upward' strawberry clover
5 kg
Mt Barker' subterranean clover
4 kg
Grasslands Pawera' red clover
5 kg
Total
37 kg/ha
Ensure that all legume seed has been inoculated with a suitable rhizobium before sowing. Apply a NPK fertiliser (12:10:10) at 150 kg/ha to aid initial establishment and repeat with 30 % potassic superphosphate at 200 kg/ha six months later.
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