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Marc Desmanthus

perennial legume

  • Persistent in low rainfall
  • Drought tolerant 
  • Tolerant of heavy grazing
  • Very high level of hard seed, Envirogro seed treatment recommended
Suitable For

Sowing Rate: 2-4kg/ha
Rainfall: Minimum 550mm per annum

Drought tolerant and palatable

Marc Desmanthus is a productive, perennial legume that is persistent, drought tolerant and palatable to livestock. Marc Desmanthus provides heavy seed production even under grazing and can thicken through seedling recruitment. This erect perennial grows to 60 cm tall and combines well with grass pastures in sub-humid moderate fertility environments.

This long lived legume can be sown with a range of native and planted grasses in permanent pasture systems. Suited to medium to heavy textured clay soils with neutral to alkaline pH, such as brigalow clays, open downs and heavier alluvial soils. Some tolerance to sodic and saline soils.

Envirogro seed treatment process 

The Envirogro® seed treatment process is now a tailored seed treatment offering to aid in the establishment and productivity of tropical and subtropical seed varieties. Envirogro is a species-dependent, tailored process that produces the highest quality tropical and subtropical seed through improved seed cleaning, seed dehulling/scarification (where the species requires it) and a customised coating process to improve live seed numbers per hectare.

Envirogro benefits
• Improves seed flowability and ballistic properties
• Improves seed quality and purity for a higher return on investment
• Produces a clean, uniform seed
• Removes weed seed, waste material and contaminants
• Increases bare seed counts through improved cleaning
• Coated with insecticide, polymer and talc/lime (no Rhizobia inoculant applied to tropical legumes)

Rainfall

Minimum 550mm rainfall per annum unless irrigated

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