Converting Cold season grass to clover

[NoviceTreeGuy]

I have a 1.5 acre grass field I would like to convert to a clover field.

I am taking a soil sample to determine ph and other deficiencies.

I’m In Southwest IL.

When should I terminate the grass ? Is glyphosate herbicide ok or should I use something else?

Can I frost seed clover in February?
If not, when would you broadcast seed?

Thank you!!

 

[RGrizzzz]

I have a 1.5 acre grass field I would like to convert to a clover field.

I am taking a soil sample to determine ph and other deficiencies.

I’m In Southwest IL.

When should I terminate the grass ? Is glyphosate herbicide ok or should I use something else?

Can I frost seed clover in February?
If not, when would you broadcast seed?

Thank you!!

Frost seed when the days are above freezing and the nights are below. The freeze thaw cycle will work the seed into the soil. When th grass starts growing you want to spray it with a grass selective herbicide. Clehtodim is the most commonly used. Read the label ahead of time to make sure you have the proper adjuvants. (Usually non-ionic surfactant)

 

[Turkey Creek]

If you want the best way, burn it off in late February, wait for the grass to green up and then hit it with glyphosate (spraying now will give you less than desirable results). Clethodim will work, but not nearly as well as glyphosate, and since you are looking to establish a clover plot, anything other than clover would be reducing the chance for a solid stand of clover. I would still broadcast the seed after the grass is killed off, it will likely be too late for frost seeding, but it wont matter.