Establishment

Here are a few tips to ensure you have the best chance of getting clover established from a frost-seeding:

1) Address soil fertility needs.
2) Select a good variety.
3) Make sure seed lands on bare soil.
4) Get good seed-soil contact.
5) Control competition next spring................(READ MORE)

Several steps that are of vital importance in the establishment and maintenance of good forage stands include:

• Match plants to soil.
• Match plants to the intended use. Hay? Pasture?
• Select high-quality seed of an adapted variety.
• Supply proper fertility.
• Prepare an adequate seedbed.
• Inoculate legume seed.
• Use proven seeding methods.
• Seed at the right time with the correct amount of seed.
• Control pests.