Benefits

• Improvement of soil quality

• High organic matter production

• Conservation of soil moisture

• High quality forage 

• Suppression of weeds

• Large seed allows easy planting on slopes by hand

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​Climatic & Soil Conditions

• Annual, warm-season legume

• Require a long, hot growing season (at least 180 front free days)

• Suited to high rainfall areas (>400mm)

• Ideally suited to sandy loam soils

Planting

• Seeding rate is dependant on location & planting method (varying between 25-50kg per hectare)

• As this is a large seed, it can be buried 3-10cm deep

• Planting should take place between September & December

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Crop termination & incorporation

• Velvet Beans should be mowed at flowering stage - to avoid the seed pods drying with itching hairs. 

• The crop make high quality, palatable forage.

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