The Sweet Clover Thread

[SD51555]

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Seems like lots of potential for reseeding itself naturally and with the hard seed you can probably get results for multiple years like what you’re seeing @SD51555 . Maybe dependent on winter how much it regenerates?

That is exactly what's happening at my place. I saw my first bloom last weekend already, and it's going to go another 6-7 weeks from here before I mow. I always try to mow first weekend in August.

 

[SD51555]

If it's standing and looking good in August, I might also consider leaving it. I've never had a bumper crop of balansa before. I'll have to wait and see. I'd love to see the deer spend that much time out there trying to chow that down. There'd be lots of extra deer pellets for amount of time it'd take. I could always spread rye out there after the chowdown. I had a little luck with that mid october seeding last year. I'll try to get a pic of that this weekend if the mosquitoes don't carry me away.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I’m pretty happy with the fixation right now. Deer swimming in it and rye.

 

[SD51555]

My balansa jumped up another 8” in the last week. You can also see hairy vetch showing up to destroy everything. That alone might be why I roll vs mow this year. I’d love to keep those pods right where they are now.

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[SD51555]

Central SD is getting rain. That means sweet clover as far as the eye can see in some places. I saw it from the plane as soon as we came thru the clouds.

I didn’t get a picture of the bee boxes, but I saw a couple that had to have north of 100 in one spot. Some areas had hundreds of acres of solid YSC like that.

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[matinc]

It's interesting this year the normal gulf of Mexico moisture stream is back and the solid west flow the last two years fron the pacific is over. Got three inches last night 76 mhp winds and a gully washer to boot. I just believe this is why your crops are cranking thus year