Planted this plot last spring and came up pretty decent. We kind let it grow a little to much before cutting so it seemed like the clover kinda got choked out/ stunned by all the other growth. Went back in and frost seeded it this year. Seems to be coming up good with a lot of clover from last year and new growth coming up. Here's a couple pic's of before I trimmed it down yesterday then a couple after. Seems to be a decent amount of clover but also other growth coming up to. What do you guys typically spray you clover plots with to kill out the the unwanted growth or should I just leave it?
I feel like it may be hard to thin out the "unwanted" growth without thinning the clover. I would personally just leave it and hope the Native grass doesn't choke out the clover.
I think just mowing it will help with the weeks and for grasses I used a product called arrest and worked pretty good. Scoot
Thats what I kinda figured, check on it in a few weeks after i just trimmed it down to see how its doing. by chance where did you pick up that product?
I would mow it this year a few times like others said. To me it looks like the clover is doing great and the weeds/grasses are not taking over.You can see the stuff you frost seeded growing if you look close. I also see a little bit of brassicas growing that you frost seeded too. That mix has about 10% of a brassica variety in it. I strongly recommend broadcasting some 0-0-60 fertilizer. I would spread some out now and once end of summer. Reason on the 0-0-60 is that clover doesnt really need any nitrogen(first number) and that would just help the weeds. So this 0-0-60 fertilizer is a general recommendation for a small plot of clover to really help it out. What size is this plot total? I can also point you in the right direction for spraying for grasses/broadleaf weeds if you want, let me know. For that Arrest stuff Scott mentioned, you can get the same thing from Fleet Farm/home garden store called "Grass Beater" by Bonide. It is a small white bottle with a purple cap for 20$. Worked good for me last year. My other concern is sunlight, but if you had lack of sun, the stuff you planted last year wouldnt look this good. But any other ?'s pertaining to the Anlter King products post back or Pm me. Thanks!
Thank you exactly what I was looking for. Yeah you can see the clover coming up that we frost seeded. Sunlight was my biggest concern especally now the trees have leaves on them. The west side of the plot is really open so it seems to get aorund 3/4 day of sunlight. The plot is about 40 yards long by 20 wide, so around 800 total. You seem to know antler king products the best so I will go ahead and do the fertalizer like u said then just keep mowing as needed.
I would buy a 50lb bag of 0-0-60 at your local farm/seed/co-op store. Normally around 15-20$ a bag Spread some out as soon as you can, then spread some more mid summer and the rest end of the summer. That is a general idea for fertilizing a clover plot and I do the exact same thing on my plot about that size. That plot has to get decent sunlight like you said as if it didnt,it wouldnt look like what you pictured. So really that is a good thing that it isnt in full sun as come the hot dry days of summer it gets some protection from getting burned out. But any other ?'s let me know. You are on the right track with the clover plot and plot looks good. Keep us updated.
You use arrow or select for $15 bucks an acre or $60 a gallon. The name brand grass killers with a deer on it or targeted to food plot guys are usually a lot more expensive and with same active ingredient. Labels MSDS Home Page here is a website i refer people to that gives yoU labels and useful info on most chemicals. Too many people think you need chemicals when pictures like the one above show very little grasses and the only weeds looking to be broadleaves. When people ask me what to spray, the first question I always ask is , what are your problem weeds. If the answer is , "i dont know." Send me a picture. The best control in food plots as well as the grazing community is mechanical. Of all the guys i have consulted with and who have planted large amounts of pasture in the grazing community, very very few ever use herbicides and if they can get away without, most of you can. Heck, there is a large organic dairy farmer down the road who has some of the best looking pastures, who can't use any chemicals. Clipping before weeds go to a seed head will reduce your future weed issues. ***If a weed goes to a seed head, there is very little herbicides that are effective in killing, the best one can hope for is suppression. **** If a plant is stressed or dormant because of drought or other factors, weed killers are less effective. Most herbicides require things like crop oil, ammonium sulfate, surfactant or other additives to aid in their effectiveness. Never spray herbicides, note that they aren't killing well, then in a ffew days or a week or two go back and respray. Your just setting your self up for herbicide resistance. Way, to many people improperly use chemicals. Healthy soil grows few weeds. Improve the soil, and less weeds shall be the result.
Thanks guys for all the info exactly the type of answers I was hopping to get. I will keep everything updated to let you know how it keeps filling out.
