Clover plot out of this world!
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: flyingbrass
03-May-18
I planted this the last week of February last year. I've fertilized it and limed it and the deer, hogs, and turkeys love it. My best work yet. 6 acres of pure clover. I planted some chickory on the side of it today too.
From: Predeter
03-May-18
Looks great!
From: flyingbrass
03-May-18
From: t-roy
03-May-18
Looks incredible, John. Great job!
From: PushCoArcher
03-May-18
Wow one of the best clover field I've ever seen.
From: drycreek
03-May-18
brass, you got it going on ! That's a great looking plot ! If hog crap is good fertilizer mine should be looking that good soon........
From: stick n string
03-May-18
Damn thats a beaut. You frost seeded that i reckon?
From: Mark Watkins
03-May-18
Rocking! Congrats!!
Mark
From: Deerplotter
03-May-18
That’s a dandy clover field. Excellent plot.
From: t-roy
04-May-18
John....did you plant that clover in Feb. of ‘17 or ‘18? I’m assuming ‘17. If it was just this past Feb., that’s even more amazing!
From: EmbryOklahoma
04-May-18
Wow! I need a run down on the type, planting time and so on. Looks great!
From: Creek chub
04-May-18
Dang, that’s an outstanding clover plot!!! What strain of white clover did you use?
From: MK111
04-May-18
Great looking clover. My clover is only 2" high this spring. How can this clover be so far ahead of mine?
From: flyingbrass
04-May-18
This plot is in South Arkansas. Durana clover was planted in Feb 2017 and this pic was May 1, 2018
From: dm/wolfskin
04-May-18
Needs to be mowed.
From: stick n string
04-May-18
Brass, how did u plant? Did you work the ground or frost seed?
From: lewis
04-May-18
Great looking plot congratulations Lewis
From: EmbryOklahoma
04-May-18
dm/wolf.... when you say it needs to be mowed, why is that? I'm very interested.
From: flyingbrass
04-May-18
Cleared the hardwoods with dozer, used a landscape rake on most of it to smooth and kick up rocks, limed at $40/ton and fertilized, cultipacked the whole 6 acres once, spread seed with a moultrie seeder behind UTV, mixed sand with Durana clover to get better coverage. I did not use cultipacker after seed was down.
From: flyingbrass
04-May-18
Here is another pic, that is a double bull double wide in the pic
From: flyingbrass
04-May-18
the double bull is about 45 yards from the timber to give you some scale of reference
From: stick n string
04-May-18
Goodness thats purty...
From: Skippy
04-May-18
That is awesome looking!!!
From: BOX CALL
05-May-18
I'll bet even the honeybees are working that clover pretty good.
From: Grubby
05-May-18
Snow cover is finally gone from all of mine. We overseeded them and this morning I can see pretty good growth, I have high hopes they look like that in a couple of months!
From: ACB
05-May-18
Details on fertilizer and lime how much per ac on line ? What kind of fertilizer and what rate?
From: flyingbrass
05-May-18
The plot thickens, pun intended, I got a pic of a hen turkey and hogs in the trap in the background!
From: dm/wolfskin
06-May-18
"How to Maintain Clover Mowing: Mowing clover plots is one of the most important practices to ensure a healthy stand of clover. It is important not to let your clover get above 8 inches or so. When clover gets taller and more mature, the stem gets stronger in order to support the plant. This is when clover is less palatable for deer and loses its nutritional value. Depending on rainfall, a good stand of clover should be cut at least 4 times a year. If you cut clover past this height it will put a lot of stress on the plant. Always keep an eye on the forecast and plan your cuts around a heavy rain, this will allow it to bounce right back. Cutting clover also helps with suppressing weeds."
From: MK111
08-May-18
I planted a new plot on my son's property in fall of 2016. 2017 spring it was knee high and thick. I didn't mow it and by fall it was 100% gone.
From: Mark Watkins
08-May-18
Looks awesome...thanks for the post!
Mark
