It has early maturity requiring a minimum growing season of four months. It has a high hard seed level, which, in combination with its early maturity, makes it well suited to low rainfall cropping rotations.
DALKEITH is a superior replacement to Daliak and has been well up-taken into the 350 to 600mm rainfall zones. It is susceptible to a range of diseases, however, most of these occur in higher rainfall environments.
Growing Conditions
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Soil Type
Prefers well-drained sandy loams to clay loams of moderate acidity
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Sowing Rate
Pure 5 - 10kg/ha Dryland
Pure 11 - 15kg/ha Irrigated -
Rainfall
325mm+
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pH
4.5 - 6.5 (CaCl2)
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Inoculant
Group C Rhizobium
Advantages
- Early flowering 97 days
- Black seeded type
- Very high levels hard seed
- Excellent option in low to medium rainfall pasture zones
- Good companion with other hard seeded annual legumes for long term regeneration pastures