BARENBRUG WYNN CASSIA SEED COATED TROPICAL (SPR LEGUME) PER KG
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Unlike tropical grasses, Tropical legumes are often more digestible and have a higher protein and energy.
Whilst monocultures of tropical legumes can be grown, often they are used in conjunction with tropical grasses to improve the overall quality of tropical pasture systems.
Round leafed cassia is a legume, native to savanna and similar vegetation zones in tropical and sub tropical North and South America.
After field testing in central and southern Queensland, comparing a range of types, one line was selected for its overall superior performance and registered as cultivar Wynn.
Wynn cassia is a short-lived perennial whose growth habit varies with stand density and grazing pressure.
In open stands, ungrazed plants are low and sprawling, growing to about 30cm high and a metre across. In dense stands, plants are more upright and less branched growing to over 50cm high.
Under heavy grazing, plants take on a flattened rosette form.
The small yellow flowers produced along the stem give rise to thin pods about 5mm wide and 40mm long which bear the light brown seeds.
Wynn cassia is seen mainly as a supplement to native pastures more than as a companion legume for more aggressive improved grasses such as Rhodes grass and Green panic.
It is a useful addition to Fine stem stylo, in low key improvement of native pastures.
Wynn cassia grows as a perennial in a 900–1500mm rainfall region, and as an annual in a 400–900mm region.
It prefers free-draining light soils of acid to neutral pH, particularly sands or sandy loams of low to moderate fertility.
This variety is summer growing. Although tops are burnt by frost, Wynn cassia can be planted in frosted areas, because roots and crowns survive all but the most severe frost.
Plants regrow quickly with spring rains.
Key features & benefit:
Non-bloating, free seeding, self regenerating annual
High seed yield
Adapted to low fertility and acid soils
Suggested sowing rates:
Recommended planting rates for AgriCOTE Pro-Tech oversow for Wynn cassia are:
Alone:
3kg per hectare
In mix:
2–5kg per hectare
Irrigated:
8–10kg per hectare Sow in spring/summer.
Common Questions
What is Wynn cassia and what's it used for?
Wynn cassia is a tropical legume, registered as a cultivar after field testing in Queensland. Unlike tropical grasses, tropical legumes like Wynn cassia are often more digestible and have higher protein and energy. It's mainly used as a supplement to native pastures, and is a useful addition to Fine stem stylo for low-key improvement of native pastures. It can also be oversown with tropical grasses to improve overall pasture quality.
What rainfall and soil does Wynn cassia need?
Wynn cassia grows as a perennial in a 900–1500mm rainfall region, and as an annual in a 400–900mm region. It prefers free-draining light soils of acid to neutral pH, particularly sands or sandy loams of low to moderate fertility.
When should I sow Wynn cassia and at what rate?
Sow in spring or summer. Recommended planting rates for AgriCOTE Pro-Tech oversow are: 3kg per hectare when sown alone, 2–5kg per hectare in a mix, or 8–10kg per hectare if irrigated.
Will Wynn cassia survive frost?
Although the tops are burnt by frost, Wynn cassia can be planted in frosted areas because roots and crowns survive all but the most severe frost. Plants regrow quickly with spring rains.
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