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    This document provides information on the Lucerne pasture cultivar. It is a subtropical legume with winter activity and a dormancy period of 11 months. It is a perennial plant with year-round production. Key features include high productivity, good leaf retention, crude protein levels between 15-25%, and a dry matter digestibility of 60-75%. It can produce yields of 8-20 tonnes per hectare annually. Lucerne prefers deep, well-drained soils and tolerates sandy soil types with a soil pH between 5.0-7.0.

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    This document provides information on the Lucerne pasture cultivar. It is a subtropical legume with winter activity and a dormancy period of 11 months. It is a perennial plant with year-round production. Key features include high productivity, good leaf retention, crude protein levels between 15-25%, and a dry matter digestibility of 60-75%. It can produce yields of 8-20 tonnes per hectare annually. Lucerne prefers deep, well-drained soils and tolerates sandy soil types with a soil pH between 5.0-7.0.

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    This document provides information on the Lucerne pasture cultivar. It is a subtropical legume with winter activity and a dormancy period of 11 months. It is a perennial plant with year-round production. Key features include high productivity, good leaf retention, crude protein levels between 15-25%, and a dry matter digestibility of 60-75%. It can produce yields of 8-20 tonnes per hectare annually. Lucerne prefers deep, well-drained soils and tolerates sandy soil types with a soil pH between 5.0-7.0.

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    WL 1111*

    Lucerne
    PASTURE: Cultivar characteristics

    BOTANICAL NAME Medicago sativa

    TYPE • Subtropical Legume


    • Winter active, dormancy 11
    PRODUCTION PERIOD • Perennial, Year round production
    MORPHOLOGICAL • Crown above ground
    DESCRIPTION • Stems coarse to medium
    • Seeds green to yellow to light brown; kidney shaped to ovoid;
    1 – 2.5 mm x 1 – 1.5 mm; 440 000 – 500 000 seeds/kg
    CROP Strengths: • Year round production - highly winter active
    • Highly productive cultivar
    • Good leaf retention
    Feeding value: • Crude protein: 15 – 25%
    • Digestibility: 60 – 75% DMD
    Production potential: • 8 – 20 t/ha/annum
    Uses: • Hay
    Soil requirements: • Prefers deep, well drained soils, tolerates sandy soil types
    • pH range of 5.0 – 7.0
    Establishment: • Plant during August – September / February – May
    • Broadcast at 8 – 12.5 kg/ha dryland and 20 – 25 kg/ha irrigated
    *Variety submitted for registration (where indicated). The photo in this For any product information outside RSA, contact the relevant KLEIN
    document only indicates the kind and not the specific variety. Technical KAROO Seed Marketing (Pty) Ltd. country representative. KLEIN
    variety information provided in this document is applicable to climatic KAROO Seed Marketing (Pty) Ltd. supply quality seed within the
    conditions in RSA. For final cultivar recommendations in your area tolerances laid down by the Law in South Africa. The full text of the
    contact your area representative. Company's Conditions of Sale will be supplied on request.

    KLEIN KAROO Seed Marketing, P.O. Box 159, Oudtshoorn, 6620, South Africa, www.seedmarketing.co.za
    Oudtshoorn Tel: +27 44 203 9800 Bapsfontein Tel: +27 11 964 5005 George Tel: +27 44 878 2921
    Potchefstroom Tel: +27 18 293 1233 Malmesbury Tel: +27 22 482 2739 Zambia Tel: +260 211 840 965
    Bethal Tel: +27 17 647 6431 Louis Trichardt Tel: +27 15 516 4809 Zimbabwe Tel: +263 4 746 179
    Brits Tel: +27 12 252 6849 Bapsfontein Tel: +27 58 481 4691 Mozambique Tel: +258 847 612 522

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