Shaftal Persian Clover

We recommend Shaftal Persian Clover. It tolerates seasonal flooding, waterlogging and mild salinity, and performs best on clay loams to heavy clays with a soil pH of 5 or more (CaCl2). It offers excellent winter and spring production and extremely palatable, high-quality forage for grazing, hay or silage.

We recommend sowing Shaftal Persian Clover at 4 to 6 kg/ha. Persian clover seed is very small, so sow no deeper than 1cm into a prepared seedbed and aim for at least 100 plants per square metre. Inoculate with Group C inoculant before sowing, and sow in mid to late autumn on dryland or in February under irrigation.

We recommend Shaftal Persian Clover. It is a multi-cut crop for pasture, hay and silage, and pairs well with an Italian tetraploid ryegrass such as our Amass Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass. It is highly productive through autumn, winter and spring and regrows well after grazing. It flowers late, around 140 days after sowing in Perth.

Yes. Shaftal Persian Clover is non-oestrogenic, so it won't cause infertility or reproductive disorders in ewes. It is highly nutritive feed for sheep, cattle and horses and is extremely palatable. Sowing it with oats or ryegrass helps reduce bloat risk in cattle.

For our Shaftal Persian Clover, sow dryland crops in mid to late autumn and irrigated crops in February. Sow no deeper than 1cm into a prepared seedbed and inoculate with Group C inoculant. It is late flowering, at about 140 days in Perth, so it gives a long growing season.

We recommend sowing Shaftal Persian Clover with an Italian tetraploid ryegrass or oats to reduce bloat risk, as Shaftal has a moderate bloat risk on its own. Good companions from our range include Amass Tetraploid Italian Ryegrass and Bannister Oats. Shaftal itself is non-oestrogenic and highly nutritive for sheep, cattle and horses.

Not reliably. Shaftal Persian Clover is soft seeded with a low level of hard seed, so it is best used as an annual forage rather than a long-term regenerating pasture. For a regenerating Persian clover, we recommend our hard-seeded Kyambro Persian Clover, which is very persistent if allowed to reseed in its first year.

Shaftal Persian Clover is a good option for wet, mildly saline flats, as it tolerates waterlogging and mild salinity. It performs best on clay loams to heavy clays and is extremely palatable, high-quality forage. For more saline areas, we suggest a salt-tolerant grass such as Puccinellia or Tyrrell Tall Wheatgrass instead.

Shaftal Persian Clover suits clay loams to heavy clays in areas with 400mm or more rainfall, so it fits a 400 to 500mm clay paddock. It is late flowering, at about 140 days after sowing in Perth, tolerates waterlogging and mild salinity, and is highly productive through autumn, winter and spring.

Both are soft-seeded, late annual clovers suited to multi-cut hay and silage. Shaftal Persian Clover flowers around 140 days, prefers clay loams to heavy clays and is non-oestrogenic. Our Berseem Clover flowers around 144 days, prefers neutral fertile soils, establishes rapidly and has low bloat risk.