SD51555
5 year old buck +
Before you grab the tar and feathers, hear me out...
I've learned a few things over the years, and one of the most important things, is the idea that I don't have the right answer in my set of options to choose from at the moment. I've spent years trying to figure out how to make things grow with dutch white clover. I played with everything from seeding rates, timings, seed varieties, magic mowers, strategic mineral manipulations, hydrology modification, etc. I still haven't gotten white clover to play nicely once it controls a neighborhood. (Not willing to go down path of tractor/drill)
What if the answer has always been to get rid of the common problem, get rid of the clover?
I've got my nursery plot going, and I didn't put any white clover out there. I don't want it to morph into my other plots that are dominated by white clover, that also contain things trying to muscle out a spot among it. So I left it out. I still have legumes in there, but more controllable (all but the hairy vetch anyway). It'll be interesting to see how this goes this spring.
Can i still hit all my objectives without white clover? I think I may be able to do just that, and still keep true to all my other big values.
This blend is:
Legume: Hairy vetch, yellow sweet clover, fixation balansa, alfalfa, trefoil
Grasses: Rye, japanese millet
Broadleaves: Chicory, plantain, buckwheat, sunflower, phascelia
Brassica: Collards
I plan to throw a bag of rye right away in spring as the snow is melting, throw another bag of rye when i mow in August. I'll also whip up a blower hopper of topoff stuff for spring and late summer of flax, japanese millet, collards, and fixation.
I've learned a few things over the years, and one of the most important things, is the idea that I don't have the right answer in my set of options to choose from at the moment. I've spent years trying to figure out how to make things grow with dutch white clover. I played with everything from seeding rates, timings, seed varieties, magic mowers, strategic mineral manipulations, hydrology modification, etc. I still haven't gotten white clover to play nicely once it controls a neighborhood. (Not willing to go down path of tractor/drill)
What if the answer has always been to get rid of the common problem, get rid of the clover?
I've got my nursery plot going, and I didn't put any white clover out there. I don't want it to morph into my other plots that are dominated by white clover, that also contain things trying to muscle out a spot among it. So I left it out. I still have legumes in there, but more controllable (all but the hairy vetch anyway). It'll be interesting to see how this goes this spring.
Can i still hit all my objectives without white clover? I think I may be able to do just that, and still keep true to all my other big values.
This blend is:
Legume: Hairy vetch, yellow sweet clover, fixation balansa, alfalfa, trefoil
Grasses: Rye, japanese millet
Broadleaves: Chicory, plantain, buckwheat, sunflower, phascelia
Brassica: Collards
I plan to throw a bag of rye right away in spring as the snow is melting, throw another bag of rye when i mow in August. I'll also whip up a blower hopper of topoff stuff for spring and late summer of flax, japanese millet, collards, and fixation.