Kura clover (Trifolium ambiguum Bieb.) (caucasian, pellett, or honey clover)
New/Untested species, not yet recommended for some or all applications
Characteristics
- Yield based on 3 harvests/season
- Seeds/pound: 800,000
- Seeding rate: 4-6 lbs pure live seed/acre
- Seeding date: early spring, or late summer before August 15
- Valuable honey-producing crop
- Seed inoculation is essential
- Good potential as a pasture legume
Advantages
- good quality possible
- well adapted to acid, variably drained, low fertility soils
- very persistent, once established
Concerns
- seed not readily available
- poor seedling vigor, slow to establish
- lower yielding than alfalfa
- can cause bloat
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