This coming summer, my plan is to plant 4 clover plots on my land in far N Wisconsin. Each approximately 1 acre that for the last 12 years has been clover hay for heifers.
Soil test it done (twice). It was burned down last fall by a pro sprayer and is sitting dead over the winter. It’ll be chisel plowed this spring by the farmer who rents my land when he tills the rest of my open ground for corn.
Over the spring and mid summer I’m going to work on soil amendments and weed control. I’m going to fertilize per my soil test and hit it with 1 ton per acre of AG lime (even though it doesn’t call for it in the soil test). I’ll probably disc each clover plot once or twice and likely hit it with Gly one more time before planting in mid July-ish. I’ll be planting with my new Firminator G3 at about 10#/ acre clover.
I want try try a few different clover varieties to learn what works best in my ground and I’m also trying to decide what to mix into the clover that would be a good cover crop plus be a draw during bow season.
Any thoughts on clover varieties to try and how I could spike them for hunting season with different annuals to “test” a few of those also?
Of course I’m always interested in good articles or previous threads.
Soil test it done (twice). It was burned down last fall by a pro sprayer and is sitting dead over the winter. It’ll be chisel plowed this spring by the farmer who rents my land when he tills the rest of my open ground for corn.
Over the spring and mid summer I’m going to work on soil amendments and weed control. I’m going to fertilize per my soil test and hit it with 1 ton per acre of AG lime (even though it doesn’t call for it in the soil test). I’ll probably disc each clover plot once or twice and likely hit it with Gly one more time before planting in mid July-ish. I’ll be planting with my new Firminator G3 at about 10#/ acre clover.
I want try try a few different clover varieties to learn what works best in my ground and I’m also trying to decide what to mix into the clover that would be a good cover crop plus be a draw during bow season.
Any thoughts on clover varieties to try and how I could spike them for hunting season with different annuals to “test” a few of those also?
Of course I’m always interested in good articles or previous threads.