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<blockquote data-quote="novatech" data-source="post: 587341" data-attributes="member: 5494"><p>May not be as dumb as you think. If the grass has not been fertilized before it may in fact benefit from fertilizer, where as the clover will not or at least the fertilizer blend may be different. The grass will need nitrogen, the clover will not. The clover may require more potasium. A soil sample listing what is going to be planted would determine which and how much fertilizer to apply on each. When mixing the two together there is no immediate benefit from the clover adding nitrogen to the grass until it is converted through the vegetation. The first year the grass will not benefit from the clover until the cow manure drops on it, or the clover decomposes back into the soil.</p><p>I do agree that the cattle will be selective and will eat the clover first but wouldn't they do the same if they were mixed? The second year will receive the most benefit if the clover is allowed to seed out.</p><p>Clover draws nitrogen from the air. The only nitrogen it draws from the soil is when it first gets started, and that is very little.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="novatech, post: 587341, member: 5494"] May not be as dumb as you think. If the grass has not been fertilized before it may in fact benefit from fertilizer, where as the clover will not or at least the fertilizer blend may be different. The grass will need nitrogen, the clover will not. The clover may require more potasium. A soil sample listing what is going to be planted would determine which and how much fertilizer to apply on each. When mixing the two together there is no immediate benefit from the clover adding nitrogen to the grass until it is converted through the vegetation. The first year the grass will not benefit from the clover until the cow manure drops on it, or the clover decomposes back into the soil. I do agree that the cattle will be selective and will eat the clover first but wouldn't they do the same if they were mixed? The second year will receive the most benefit if the clover is allowed to seed out. Clover draws nitrogen from the air. The only nitrogen it draws from the soil is when it first gets started, and that is very little. [/QUOTE]
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