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1/12/2011

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Riverbourne was developed  back in the early 70's. The land at the back was cleared with bulldozers, this resulted in the little topsoil there being pushed off. The result was an acidic orange clay surface, extremely high in Aluminum, which after 30+ years was covered in grass, which, regardless of rainfall, never grew higher than that of a bowling green!

Two years ago we put out 125 kg/ha  Mo superphosphate mixed with 10 kg/ha of Mount Barker subclover. The paddock was shut up for 12 months. The clover grew to 200-250mm high, was allowed to seed and die back in the summer.
This resulted in forming some humus and top soil, and last year the grasses grew tall, mainly microlaena, and was grazed through winter at 6 dse/ha.
There is some trend against using super, but apart from putting tons of poultry  shed litter on the paddock, you can't get growth, thus, no organic matter and no microbes.The microbes and fungi act as a digestive system for the plants, making the locked up nutrients available for the plant's growth.
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The "Wombat Paddock".
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