clover seed

[scf84]

how to plant clover in a pasture with out disturbing the ground? will i get much up to just broadcast on top of ground before a good rain?

 

[Hogtiming]

Yes. Use to broadcast it on the snow in February years ago

 

[scf84]

i would like to do it before a snow, but we just don't seem to get much anymore.

 

[Ned Jr.]

I had a man tell me he puts a scoop of clover seed in his mineral feeder every so often.

 

[Banjo]

Try sowing in the dark of the moon in Feb...use a grass harrow too if you have one

 

[Ebenezer]

What kind of clover. A lot of differences in type and time to sow.

 

[scf84]

What kind of clover. A lot of differences in type and time to sow.

Advantage White Ladino Clover

 

[kenny thomas]

My opinion for what it's worth, clover must have at least good soil contact to do well. I spread some each winter and pull a chain drag over it. Unrolling hay over the area works decent as the hoof activity opens it up to soil contact.

 

[sstterry]

I had a man tell me he puts a scoop of clover seed in his mineral feeder every so often.

I have heard several people mention this. I am not sure about the efficiency
of germination though.

 

[wbvs58]

It helps if it is a variety that has a high %age of hard seed. Being an annual I think clovers are able to fight their way through the grasses. If conditions are not favourable the hard seed should survive until the following season.

Ken

 

[Ebenezer]

Frost seed after the first of the year. No need to do more than broadcast.

 

[JParrott]

If you've got a chain drag or a pasture harrow it'll make your money spent on seed much more well spent. Broadcast is fine but like said above, it needs good soil contact.

 

[shaz]

Latest UT recommendation is to plant clover in strips instead of the entire field so cattle can regulate their intake.

 

[skyhightree1]

how to plant clover in a pasture with out disturbing the ground? will i get much up to just broadcast on top of ground before a good rain?

I broadcast on existing fields I try to let the cows eat it down close so the seed is more likely to find its way down. I have planted a lot of different clovers but by far cinnamon is my favorite and seems to last longer. I like crimson too

 

[Banjo]

Latest UT recommendation is to plant clover in strips instead of the entire field so cattle can regulate their intake.

That would make it easier to sow also.