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Old 01-07-2012 | 04:34 AM
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Small world. You would do best to get your soil test done now, lime applied this spring, and keep it sprayed this summer to eliminate weed pressure. If you get your soil test back and it looks like a bunch of random numbers to you, shoot me a email and I'll walk you through it. You will also need to know the size of the area you are planting.

Hold off planting until the fall, you will get much better results. You will need 5lbs of Durana Clover (your perennial). It would be helpful to mix in 30/lbs an acre of oats or winter rye as a nurse crop, you could also add 10-15lbs/acre crimson clover if you can pick up some locally. The crimson establishes much faster than the durana, but it is only an annual. Crimson gives you some clover for the first season you plant it, the durana will fill in the following year. It will spend the first 6 or 8 months putting down roots before it shows much top growth.
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