RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

You have put together a very good mixture thats for sure. If you do decide to plow and plant on the same day at least make sure you work the ground back down so there is not air pockets in the soil. Plow, disk good, pack it, then plant and pack again. I can't say it won't work, but that grass can be a problem.

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

will deer still eat the clover and be attracted to the area?

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

No! they will run to the next county and never come back again You got to be joking. If nobody else is growing clover and its unlikely they will be growing that particular blend, you should see deer. IF every thing goes good planting and it keeps raining:D

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

oh good!!!! nobody else grows clover around here (except when its unwanted in their yards:D) and its been raining for a while now. ill take pics and let you know how it goes when i do it;)
thanks

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

Sounds good Mossy, and Good luck!

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

Sounds like a nice mixture, good luck to ya. I am also about tore-seed an area where the alfalfa seedlings were hurt by frost and only the clover is doing good. I'm just gonna make it all clover. Its getting late in the month, but I've had no time[:'(]

Good luck moss

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

thanks guys. i finished up plowing and ordered the seed yesterday so it'll be in the ground by this weekand!

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

Make sure to put your trail cam out! Thats rule #1.

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

I'm totally ignorant when it comes to actually trying to grow clover, so don't take this the wrong way, but I find that absolutely hilarious. I'm sure that you're right, but it's so hard to believe that grass is an enemy of clover when I have been trying for two years to get rid of a couple of small clumps of clover in my bermuda lawn. I can't kill that stuff. I should cultivate it and sell the seeds 'cause this stuff is bullet-proof. I've tried MSMA, 24D, and even Round-Up earlier this season.

RE: plant clover just by disking?
 

LittleChief, No offense taken!! The difference in your lawn and a food plot is much different, trying to get clover established with grass competition in a food plot is extremely difficult and one of the main reasons is, not gonna be using a lawnmower to keep it cut 1 in tall every week or so. Most desirable clovers for a food plot will not survive being cut low or that often. By not cutting a food plot but once or twice a year, it lets the grass out compete the clover for sunlight and nutrients, and eventually the grass will win.

Most likely, you have White Dutch Clover or Bur Clover in your lawn. And they can be extremely difficult to get rid of, they have an aggresive root system and they most likely have gone to seed many times and the seeds stay viable in the ground for a very long time.

If you use 2,4-D, make sure its not 2,4-Db. A 1/4 cup of 2,4-D per gal sprayed once per month should do it. Or look for chemicals with dicamba or MCPP (mecoprop) and once you kill the clover, (its gonna take awhile), you could use a pre-emergent herbicide to control the new seedlings from sprouting, such as Dimension, Pendulum, Surflan or Treflan.