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Burgundy Bean

Enterprise Type

Sowing Rate

3-7 kg/ha

Rainfall / Irrigation

600mm+
  • Short lived summer growing legume
  • Tolerates cold temperatures better than other tropical legumes
  • Suited to heavy textured alkaline soils
  • Highly palatable and preferentially grazed when in a mix with tropical grasses

Soil type: Heavy textured alkaline
Sowing rate: 3-7kg/ha
Burgundy Bean is a tropical legume suited to 500 mm+ annual rainfall regions with heavy textured alkaline soils. It is a short lived summer growing legume that tolerates cold temperatures better than other tropical legumes. Burgundy Bean is highly palatable and preferentially grazed when in a mix with tropical grasses.

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