Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover

[MarkDarvin]

The plot is a long narrow strip of about an acre. I like long narrow strips, that way I can watch the deer move from strip to strip, and it makes the tractor work easier with less turning around. You have a sharp eye for weeds, you probably looked at “Where’s Waldo” books when you were a youngster, those weeds that you see are at the end of the field where I stood to take the picture, through the middle it's relatively clean. I know I've had a marestail problem in the past by doing too many no-till soybean plantings in a row without addressing them, I discovered that you can't ignore marestail or it will take over your entire property.

Well, to only have one in a picture, I think you've done well getting it back under control.

 

[MarkDarvin]

What is the tall weed in the front left with the tiny daisy looking flowers?

 

[Drycreek]

What is the tall weed in the front left with the tiny daisy looking flowers?

That's what I was gonna ask.....

 

[John Ray]

Thanks, I've got plenty. Glad its not a "bad" one.

 

[coolbrze0]

Looks like a great plot Mennoniteman!

 

[RGrizzzz]

Anyone out there tried planting hubam clover? I got 25lbs this year, to see how it does.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Anyone out there tried planting hubam clover? I got 25lbs this year, to see how it does.

That's a planting that's used a lot for a honeybee food source. My dad used to have honeybees, and clovers like this one were a major source of nectar for honey. Show us some pics of how it's doing for you!

 

[Baker]

Anyone out there tried planting hubam clover? I got 25lbs this year, to see how it does.

I've planted hubam quite a bit in Mexico. Its about the only clover that works there. Good reseeder but deer preference is weak. They will eat it if not much is available but I do not find it or yellow clover very attractive though as mentioned bees like it

 

[RGrizzzz]

It just went down today. Goal is soil building, insect attraction for turkey and attraction for deer, probably in that order.

 

[Tap]

IMO, the stuff is evil.
On our vacation last summer, we saw literally thousands of square miles of the crap from Iowa to Montana. I had a thread about it somewhere. Mono culture as far as the eye could see.

 

[Mennoniteman]

IMO, the stuff is evil.
On our vacation last summer, we saw literally thousands of square miles of the crap from Iowa to Montana. I had a thread about it somewhere. Mono culture as far as the eye could see.

I planted this yellow Blossom sweet clover in a mix with ladino clover as an experiment (is guess I get bored with the mundane) and it was the easiest stuff to get rid of. The sweet clover shot up over the ladino in early summer, I mowed it before it could go into seed, and the ladino choked it out. There was no sweet clover left by the third year. It's a good soil builder and bee food but has limited value for deer food.