Paradana Balansa Clover

We recommend Paradana Balansa Clover for winter-wet paddocks. It is a self-regenerating annual selected for waterlogging tolerance and clover scorch resistance, and it tolerates acid soils from about pH 4.5. It suits sands to heavy soils in medium to high rainfall areas.

Paradana Balansa Clover is particularly useful for early hay. It produces strong growth over late winter and early to mid spring and can grow over 80cm tall. Cut it early, as the thick stems can collapse if left for late hay, and late cutting also limits seed set and regeneration.

We recommend sowing Paradana Balansa Clover at 1 to 4 kg/ha. Sow it shallow and inoculate with Group C inoculant. On infertile soils it may also need trace elements such as copper, molybdenum and zinc. Sow between April and June, or in February under irrigation.

We recommend sowing Paradana Balansa Clover between April and June on dryland, or in February under irrigation. Sow shallow and inoculate with Group C inoculant. It is a mid-maturing variety that flowers around 120 days after sowing, and it has excellent waterlogging tolerance.

Lightly graze Paradana Balansa Clover in its first year and limit grazing during flowering so it can set plenty of seed. Over summer, graze the plant residue to help break down hard seed and maximise regeneration. It persists better under continuous grazing than in rotational systems.

Yes, we recommend Paradana Balansa Clover, which was selected for clover scorch resistance and suits areas where the disease is common. It also has excellent waterlogging tolerance and handles acid soils down to about pH 4.5 (CaCl2). It suits sands to heavy soils in medium to high rainfall areas with 500mm or more. Inoculate with Group C inoculant.

Yes, but only mild salt. We recommend Paradana Balansa Clover for wet flats with low to mild salinity, as it has excellent waterlogging tolerance and handles mild salinity and acid soils. Where salt levels are higher, we suggest salt-tolerant grasses such as Puccinellia or Tyrrell Tall Wheatgrass instead. Talk to us about your soil test before choosing.

Paradana Balansa Clover is hard seeded and sets a large amount of seed, which helps it regenerate year after year under the right grazing management. Allow good seed set in the first year and graze residue over summer. Regeneration is limited if you cut it for late hay or silage.

We suggest Paradana Balansa Clover. It is a semi-erect annual that boosts the legume component of grazed pastures from late winter through mid spring, and it ends up prostrate under grazing. It provides palatable green feed and can give reasonable, though lower quality, summer feed too.

Both tolerate waterlogging. Our Paradana Balansa Clover is mid-maturing, flowers around 120 days, tolerates acid soils and suits early hay and continuous grazing. Kyambro Persian Clover also flowers around 120 days, handles mild salinity and makes higher quality hay than Balansa. Shaftal Persian Clover is a later, soft-seeded option for annual forage.