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<blockquote data-quote="D.R. Cattle" data-source="post: 25683" data-attributes="member: 19"><p>Hmmm....I'll give this a try. Red clover and any other clover is a plant called legumes. There are others also which are not clovers. Legumes gather nitrogen from the atmosphere and fix it into the soil. I've read studies where a good stand of clovers can fix up to 200 lbs of nitrogen per year into an acre of land. This is a substantial amount. Your other question about putting more out to yield actual nitrogen... I think you mean you have to put more fertilizer out. The analysis on the fertilizer you purchase has three numbers on it. All of the numbers are percentages. The first being nitrogen, second being phosphorous and the third being potassium. So if you are using 50 lb bags of fertilizer and the numbers are 10-10-10, that means 10% of each element or 5 lbs per bag will yield from that bag. Check with your local extension agent and gather a soil sample and have it analyzed. They'll tell you the nutritional levels of the soil and hopefully check your PH as well. It's real simple down here where I am. For bahia based forage pastures apply 60 lbs of nitrogen per acre in the spring. Phosphorous and potassium are adequately supplied by our soil. Try to maintain PH of 6. Grass will grow out of control.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.R. Cattle, post: 25683, member: 19"] Hmmm....I'll give this a try. Red clover and any other clover is a plant called legumes. There are others also which are not clovers. Legumes gather nitrogen from the atmosphere and fix it into the soil. I've read studies where a good stand of clovers can fix up to 200 lbs of nitrogen per year into an acre of land. This is a substantial amount. Your other question about putting more out to yield actual nitrogen... I think you mean you have to put more fertilizer out. The analysis on the fertilizer you purchase has three numbers on it. All of the numbers are percentages. The first being nitrogen, second being phosphorous and the third being potassium. So if you are using 50 lb bags of fertilizer and the numbers are 10-10-10, that means 10% of each element or 5 lbs per bag will yield from that bag. Check with your local extension agent and gather a soil sample and have it analyzed. They'll tell you the nutritional levels of the soil and hopefully check your PH as well. It's real simple down here where I am. For bahia based forage pastures apply 60 lbs of nitrogen per acre in the spring. Phosphorous and potassium are adequately supplied by our soil. Try to maintain PH of 6. Grass will grow out of control. [/QUOTE]
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