Clover in florida?

[Anonymous]

Another thread got me thinking.
Does anyone plant any clovers in florida. If so, what varieties and when?
I tried a few times and it never did anything and I've been old that it won't down here.

 

[LRTX1]

Never seen it do much on our place. Dad said my grandfather had a pretty good stand back in the sixties. Don't know the variety but it was in a wet part of the place.

 

[Anonymous]

Never seen it do much on our place. Dad said my grandfather had a pretty good stand back in the sixties. Don't know the variety but it was in a wet part of the place.

That's what I was thinking. Not enough consistent rainfall throughout the year to keep it

 

[LRTX1]

I ain't never seen a wet place down your way. Heck most of yalls ponds have more sand than water in them. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

That's only because the gvt wouldn't let us cut the cypress stands and fill em

 

[Deepsouth]

Hook I'm not in Florida but am in extreme south mississippi. Very sandy soil and hot temperatures. I don't grow clover for my cattle but I do grow some on wildlife plots. The key is lime. You have to get the ph up or it won't do anything. I plant crimson which is a winter clover and durana which is a white clover that grows year round. If you get the ph right and get a stand established a patch will last about 4 to 5 years only requiring summer and early fall mowings.

 

[greybeard]

Yep--my dad tried it here years ago--didn't do squat after 3 months. Old pine forest land--needs about 10 tons of lime/acre here to get the ph right.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info guys.

 

[brihop]

The one stop shop for forage reference in Fl: http://agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu/ForagesofFlorida/index.php

what you seriously need to try is some darn hitch-hiker plants mixed in with your bahia...

http://agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu/ForagesofFlorida/detail.php?sp=Carpon Desmodium&type=L

http://www.wildlifeseedblend.com/carpon-desmodium-seed.html

Perennial legume, good protein, tougher than clover.

 

[M5farm]

I don't know how it grows so good on the right away but it will be nearly a foot tall and solid red for miles here. I've tried it and best I could get was a fair stand.

 

[brihop]

I'm also thinking of trying Hairy Indigo, you guys ever tried it?

http://www.hancockseed.com/seed-varieti ... ag-17.html

 

[Anonymous]

That hairy indigo sounds like it may be good. Especially in a rotational grazing setup.

 

[LRTX1]

Plan on having it on your place for a long time.

 

[Anonymous]

Whatchoo talking bout Willis

 

[LRTX1]

We still have it from when my grandfather planted it in the 50's or 60's

 

[Anonymous]

And your opinion of its forage value is...........

 

[LRTX1]

Not much of value to me. It comes up in plowed ground between planting winter and summer crops. Never graze it

 

[brihop]

Everything I've read says H.Indigo is very nutritious/high protein, but not very palatable... so you might have to force it on them a bit. On the upside, that means that it probably won't be totally stripped by deer. I actually like the fact that its pretty persistant, means you won't have to friggin caress it to keep it going.

 

[Post Oak]

The one stop shop for forage reference in Fl: http://agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu/ForagesofFlorida/index.php

what you seriously need to try is some darn hitch-hiker plants mixed in with your bahia...

http://agronomy.ifas.ufl.edu/ForagesofFlorida/detail.php?sp=Carpon Desmodium&type=L

http://www.wildlifeseedblend.com/carpon-desmodium-seed.html

Perennial legume, good protein, tougher than clover.

Are "hitchhiker plants" also known as "beggar lice"?