Lunchbucket, I had the soil tested before planting and the pH was around 6.5 if I remember correctly. Also, there was no fertilizer or lime addition recommended. The plot is on the lower end of a farm field that has been plotted for years. The soil is heavy and some what wet depending upon the weather conditions. However, the clover I planted, 50/50 mix white dutch/ladino, should be suited to these type of conditions and appears to be coming in quite nicely. Last year the entire field including the 2 acres I planted was on about the 5th year as an alfalfa field. The alfalfa was sparse with grasses and weeds mixed in and hadn' t been fertilized for 2-3 years. Yet I was watching deer using it consistently by this time of the year. This year the field is corn except for the 2 acres I planted in clover and I' m not seeing any deer use in the clover but plently of deer using the neighbors alfalfa?