Sounds like too much water... You mowd at 3 inches???

I mowed it down to about 3-4 inches.

I think your on line now... Check the Oh every year and try to stay away from the salt based fertilizers.

Just wanted to mention that the deer are using my clover quite well now. However, as I mentioned previously the neighbors alfalfa was mowed a few weeks back and since then we have been in a drought so there hasn' t been much new re-growth in his field. Whereas my white/ladino clover is about 8-10" high. But anyway, I have another question. I' m debating whether I should mow my clover one more time before season starts. I' m afraid if the drought continues it could hurt the clover and/or it may not regrow enough before bow season starts. On the other hand there appears to be some weeds and grasses present (about 10-20%) that I would like to mow before they go to seed. Any thoughts or advice?

Steve I wouldnt mow it now during a dry period. Wait a week or two and maybe it will start to cool down and rain. I think youll still have plenty of time to get some new growth before first frost. Good luck!

As long as weeds are not heading out - Wait till Labor Day to mow one last time.

Most of the grasses/weeds have seed heads on them already. There is one particular grass/weed that is the most common. On top where the seeds are it branches out in all directions and looks kind of wispy, almost like the end of a feather duster or something. It wasn' t that prevalent until the drought period. Since then it has been showing up more and more.

Queen Anne' s Lace (wild carrot)?

Dan O.

Steve - its hard to guess your " weed" - but kind of fun too - I' ll post a couple links - have a look and let us know what you think.

Foxtailhttp://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/weedguid/foxtailb.htm

Queen anne' s lace http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL...annes_lace.htm

orchard grass http://www.kiowacd.org/Products/Gras...chardgrass.htm

reed canary grass http://www.css.cornell.edu/forage/re...rasslide3.html

It could be something else - Let us know any other characteristics

Farm hunter, I checked out your links and I believe it is Witchgrass. Is this a serious problem? Anyway, as I mentioned before most of the grasses & weeds have seed heads already. So is it too late to do any good by mowing them? Also, as I mentioned before we are in a drought. If we weren' t I definitely would have mowed the plot again but I' m worried that if I do mow it and the drought continues I will risk burning out some of the clover and/or not have enough regrowth come hunting season. Again, any advice would be appreciatted.