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Medics

(Medicago spp.)

  • Early-mid maturing
  • Early to mid season – approx 90 days to flowering
  • Erect growth habit with high herbage and seed production
  • Adaptable variety which grows on wide range of soils
  • Better water logging tolerance

 

  • Early-mid maturing
  • Early to mid season – approx 90 days to flowering
  • Erect growth habit with high herbage and seed production
  • Maturity is 7 days later than Santiago
  • Adaptable variety which grows on wide range of soils
  • High percentage of soft seed (24%) – Santiago (8.5%)
  • Increased salinity tolerance over other medics
  • Better water logging tolerance
Specifications
Sowing rate (pure)
10 - 15 kg/ha
Sowing rate (pure)
1 - 4 kg/ha
Resistant to direct sunlight
Doesn't need a lot of water
Medics

Medics grow best during the warmer conditions of autumn and spring, but a wet autumn will give a good bulk of feed for winter. This free-seeding annual legume is a low-growing species, prostrate but not rooting from the nodes...

Medics grow best during the warmer conditions of autumn and spring, but a wet autumn will give a good bulk of feed for winter. This free-seeding annual legume is a low-growing species, prostrate but not rooting from the nodes...

Medics grow best during the warmer conditions of autumn and spring, but a wet autumn will give a good bulk of feed for winter. This free-seeding annual legume is a low-growing species, prostrate but not rooting from the nodes...