Anybody trust volunteer Clover seed?

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Took folks advice and layed off mowing. Haven't mowed since late june. Got lots of dark seed heads. I did mix clover in my rye, pelletized lime, and fertilizer mix. Felt like I was wasting my money with the clover.

Sprayed 2 quarts / acre on mostly dutch white / medium red, some timothy, plenty of english plantain, some crabgrass and pigweed.

6lbs/acre dutch white, ladino, medium red, and some alfalfa. 75lbs rye 15 lbs oats. 100 lb/acre 6/24/24 300/b acre pelletized lime. Drop spreaded, mow hig, then mow low, then lawn rolled. Still need to do some work on the cultipacker.

 

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I've only ever planted clover once, and so far haven't ever needed to top it up. I use dutch white almost exclusively now. I have begun overseeding a light rate of fixation balansa for fall planting. That idea is still being reviewed, but fixation absolutely brings the summer biomass, and has quickly become a summer grazing favorite for my critters. I don't need summer forage at all, but I also don't pass up the opportunity to drive up the species count and help put the N to my cereals and broadleaves.

Once established, I focus exclusively on trying to stuff my clover with carbon (cereals) and broadleaf competition all year long. One mowing early August with a recharge of cereals (2 bushels winter species, 1 bushel spring) and other complimentary species (flax, collards, millet and whatever else gets my attention).