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Old 01-23-2008 | 08:39 PM
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GTOHunter
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Default RE: Red clover for food plots?

I'm thinking you plant Red Clover pretty well like any other white clover.....plow up the ground,discthe groundup,broadcast the clover with a spreader or hand cast them then lightly disc it into the ground and pray for rain!I have frost-seeded clover too...you wait til around the middle of Feb or early march and take your clover and broadcast it on the ground,the constant freezing and daily thawing will draw the seeds into the ground and they will start growing earlier than regular planting.I have also planted clover in the early Spring by lightly disc-ing up the ground on mowed pathes and larger area's along field edges then broadcasted the clover on the ground and it came up really nice too.

I've also planted a mixture of different seeds like wheat and foraging oats and threw a mixture of white and red clover in with it...the wheat and foraging oats came up before the clover and helped in shading the clover during the hotter months of summer.It looks awesome to see all the red clover blooming in the food plots!

Oh yeah....it is a good idea to get a soil sample where you plan on planting your clover,I talked to the person where I bought my clover and she said that clover makes it own nitrogen/fertilizer so if you want to help it grow better just put some lime on it...so it bought some of the granular lime and it help it a lot.
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