Red and white clover.

MarkDarvin said:

To be honest, I'm not even sure how to manage it from here. I don't know much about each of these other than crimson and berseem are annuals, and alsike is good for wet ground. From there, I'm not sure what is biennial or perrenial. This blend was a concoction of stuff I wanted to try for same season production, and stuff I did not want to introduce to my plots.

For the edges and margins, it seems to be a good fit so far. The deer scalped it to the dirt last fall.

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To me clover is too valuable to just plant for a season and terminate. Now that it's established, frost seed some more ladino clover into it, if it has any grass competition hit it with clethodim when the grass is 3" tall, mow it high if you see other taller weeds coming up through it, otherwise, just sit back and enjoy! In food plots we call clover "the gift that keeps on giving".

Mennoniteman said:

To me clover is too valuable to just plant for a season and terminate. Now that it's established, frost seed some more ladino clover into it, if it has any grass competition hit it with clethodim when the grass is 3" tall, mow it high if you see other taller weeds coming up through it, otherwise, just sit back and enjoy! In food plots we call clover "the gift that keeps on giving".

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I'm trying to get away from spraying. I just don't like the chore. I'd rather mow and keep pumping grains into the mix before the grasses get hold of it.

I don't mix red and white anymore at planting. Red for me does better by itself - and it's mowing cycle is different than white clovers. I plant Reds mainly to give the soil a recharge from beans and corn especially. Early on I found deer like white clovers better - but as they get more used the red (and I keep it mowed) they spend time here too.

When I did mix - where the red clover did especially well - it out competed the whites. On marginal soils, the competition wasn't as much but the deer ate where the clover grew better - regardless of what variety.

If I have white - I'll still mix a little in - it goes a long ways compared to reds. Its not my plan anymore however - and I stopped planting Alsike all together - it grew well - but was not as preferred.

MarkDarvin said:

I'm trying to get away from spraying. I just don't like the chore. I'd rather mow and keep pumping grains into the mix before the grasses get hold of it.

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I never spray clovers either, mowing does what I need. If grasses get too comfortable - I rotate to beans, corn or turnips,