Re: Any clover farmers out there????

Posted by B. Butler on September 08, 2005 at 12:47:52 from (199.197.135.1):

In Reply to: Any clover farmers out there???? posted by diggerdave on September 08, 2005 at 10:53:02:

A lot of the guys doing food plots for deer are overseeding with clovers in old fields, log roads, inaccessible spots in openings in woodlots using ATVs or by hand with minimal/no tillage. Clover does pretty well in low fertility and low PH soils so it's a good choice. Of course adding lime in the fall where soil tests dictate and a little fertilizer in the spring will help give the seedlings a real boost.From what I read and from the fellows that I have talked to the key is killing off the weed/grass competition the year prior to frost seeding in late winter/early spring. Experts recommend an herbicide (roundup or generic)application at least two or three times during the year with the last spraying in September. Some say close grazing by livestock or very short mowing in the fall will do ok sometimes. The key is to reduce competition so the new clover plants don't get shaded out by the competing new spring growth. The dead grass and weeds from herbicide application actually act as a mulch in the spring to hold moisture and protect the new seedlings from wind and sun. I've frost seeded clover and other grasses in the past with limited success because I didn't kill off the competition.

For your application using several kinds of clover as a ground cover frost seeded into previously sprayed ground might just work pretty well for you. Good luck. This is just what I'm doing on my farm and on some hunting ground my buddy owns.

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