Diamanti Bladder Clover

We recommend Diamanti Bladder Clover. It flowers 10 to 14 days earlier than Bartolo Bladder Clover, at about 95 days, so it can extend further into the drier eastern wheatbelt. It suits 300mm+ rainfall on sands to loams with a minimum soil pH of 5 (CaCl2), and its harder seed gives more resilience to false breaks.

We recommend Diamanti Bladder Clover for low rainfall country. It is a highly productive and nutritious winter legume with high levels of nitrogen fixation, suited to 300mm+ rainfall. It flowers earlier than Bartolo Bladder Clover, so it extends further into drier areas, and its harder seed gives more resilience to false breaks.

We recommend sowing Diamanti Bladder Clover at 5 to 10 kg/ha, inoculated with Group C inoculant before sowing. Diamanti can also be dormant summer sown using stored seed. It is a hard seeded, self-regenerating annual suited to 300mm+ rainfall on sands to loams with a minimum soil pH of 5 (CaCl2).

Yes, Diamanti Bladder Clover can be readily harvested with a cereal header, as the seed breaks free from the calyx easily, giving high harvest efficiency. Its upright habit also makes harvesting easier than with Bartolo Bladder Clover. On-farm seed production is very achievable, which can reduce processing for later sowings.

Diamanti Bladder Clover is very hard seeded and suits cropping rotations. Once a seedbank is established it is well suited to 1:1 rotations, and it will still regenerate when two crops are occasionally sown between pasture years. In regenerating stands, about 30 to 40% of paddock seed softens each season.

Diamanti Bladder Clover is worth considering. It is a highly productive, nutritious winter legume suited to sands and loams with a minimum soil pH of 5 (CaCl2), and it holds good feed value during senescence. Its very hard seed suits cropping rotations, including 1:1 rotations once a seedbank is established. Talk to us about your paddock before switching.

Choose Diamanti Bladder Clover for drier country and Bartolo Bladder Clover where rainfall is a little higher. Diamanti flowers 10 to 14 days earlier, has harder seed for false-break resilience and an upright, easier-to-harvest habit, and is a hay-type bladder clover suited to 300mm+. Bartolo suits 350mm+ and is more prostrate. You can tell Diamanti apart by its diamond leaf marker.

Yes, Diamanti Bladder Clover is highly nutritious for livestock and keeps high nutritional value during senescence, which helps with summer grazing. A large proportion of seed passes through sheep and stays viable, helping regeneration. As with most legumes, introduce hungry stock gradually.

Diamanti Bladder Clover has broader herbicide tolerance than medic, which gives more flexibility in rotations. It also has high nitrogen fixation, making it a strong break for following crops. Talk to us about specific products before you spray.

Diamanti Bladder Clover handles acid soils down to pH 5 (CaCl2) on sands to loams in 300mm+ rainfall, and it is early flowering and very hard seeded for drier cropping country. If your soils run to alkaline, our Bartolo Bladder Clover suits mildly acid to alkaline sandy loams of pH 5 to 8, from 350mm rainfall.