Clover seed is very small, so you may want to mix it with lime or fertilizer to give you more substance to work with. Do not use a strong fertilizer on clover, as it can burn the plant's thin roots. Ground Preparation: It is difficult to kill weeds out of clover since broad-leafed herbicides will kill the clover as well. Due to this fact, it is essential that competing vegetation be killed before planting. If you must till or plow the soil before planting, be sure you wait 4 to 6 weeks for new weeds to emerge so you can kill them before planting the clover seed.
You may also use the no-till method. Mow or burn off existing vegetation in spring, wait for green-up so those perennial weeds and seeds emerge, then spray with Roundup Monsanto or another total herbicide to kill all existing vegetation. Wait for it to turn brown then lime if necessary and seed.
The dead thatch will provide all the cover needed for the seed. We recommended spraying the area with our LazyMan Liquid Gold or Lazyman Soil Doctor to break down existing thatch and to aerate the soil.
I tossed clover seeds into the lawns, front and back - I have typical, smallish size suburban lawns, sun in front, shade in back. The clover took off just fine. Some I mixed with grass seed in bare spots, some I just sprinkled in to blend with the spot repair. One year I used white clover, one year red. As noted in the article, red clover is too tall for lawns, but it really only stands out in spring when the new growth is faster than the grass grows.
Lawn care isn't important to me, I just mow it and leave it, won't spend money on it. It fills in nicely, grows fast, returns every year, does its part to tame weeds but don't expect miracles. Now, I also planted red clover as a flower, around the base of a cherry tree in full sun at the curb.
It looks fantastic! Over a foot tall, waves in the breeze, the blossom you see pictured in the article, three years going strong there. Chop off the dead flowers five or six times in the summer as they brown up - you can remove them or just quickly whack down the clover by half its height - fast and easy.
Within a week, you'll have new buds forming and flowers in 10 days or so. It will just keep going until frost. Highly recommend it! I've got this weed that I really want to eradicate and replace most of the lawn with clover. It's Hypochaeris radicata catsear. Similar flower to a dandelion, but much tougher. What I don't know if should I try to kill the catsear first once the bees stop harvesting with some sort of weed killer or will the clover have any chance to choke it out?
Common cats-ear grows in thin, open areas. If you have a thick, healthy lawn, you are less likely to see this weed.
A few tips:. The clover does everything the article says! However, it makes our yard look polka dotted, not very attractive. Is there anything I can do about this, or get rid of it? Last year when I planted this, I didn't do anything special except toss some down in the middle of June.
Maybe I might have sprinkled some water on it, but that is it. Nature has done the rest. I have a yard that will never be "perfect" due to the neighborhood having many groundhogs and moles. Not only that, but I have a dog that thinks it is her task to try to unearth the creatures. And of course I have a highly clay soil and lots of shade. I just can't spend money on a futile cause.
I do my best to keep a neat yard by keeping it trimmed evenly. Last year, I decided to plant clover seed in my yard for the many reasons listed in this article.
This year, it is really taking hold and I see less of the more undesirable weeds and more "real" grass and clover. My neighbors comment how much improved my yard is, mainly greener and more filled in. The seed I bought last year, just cheapest white clover at the local mom and pop feed and seed had an added surprise.
Some of the newer micro-clovers are even more tolerant of shade and can grow in high-traffic areas. Clover is versatile. Add to a regular lawn to help invigorate tired turf or plant a full clover lawn on its own for lush, year-round greenery depending on your geographical location. Wildlife such as bees and deer love clover. Which Type is Best? Planting Your Clover Lawn Overseeding a Clover Lawn: To add clover to an already established lawn, begin by mowing close to the ground and raking out any thatch that developed over the previous growing season.
Planting a New Clover Lawn: If you are establishing a new lawn, prepare your soil several weeks in advance by removing weeds, stones, and other debris.
Other Things To Consider Never use herbicides on a clover lawn. After this time, mow once weekly to control bloom coverage if desired. You can buy inoculant from your local garden center. Mix into your prepared soil or broadcast with your clover seed at planting time. Some clover seed comes encased in inoculant. Responses 82 How to Establish a Clover Lawn - From Our Shop. Microclover Seed 1 lb. Organic Turf Starter Fertilizer - 30 lbs. Premium Polyurethane Soaker Hose.
Corn Gluten Organic Fertilizer - 40 lbs. Corn Gluten Granulated Organic Fertilizer - 30 lbs. The main species of clover used are white, red and alsike. White clover is usually used for long term grazing and red clover for two or three year silage or hay production. Alsike clover can be cut or grazed and is unusual for a legume as it will grow quite acceptably on wet or acidic soils. The establishment of these three important legumes is identical.
However, there are some key establishment and management guidelines that need to be applied in order to get the high proportion of clover needed if this type of ley is to be successful. Establishing Clover Leys For sound establishment, a well cultivated, firm and level seedbed is essential. Clovers have small seeds and they will not grow satisfactorily unless they are sown at a uniformly shallow depth of around 10mm. Clover seedlings are not competitive once they have emerged and it is at this stage that weeds may need to be controlled.
Clover leys can be sown in the spring or autumn. To germinate, clover seed needs a soil temperature in excess of 6 degrees centigrade. This is usually reached in mid March.
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