I'm growing Clover!
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What is growing in my clover?
Comments (1)I think they are new 'stems' - I had them on my plant too, didn't really check it often & now it's just brown (same color as other stems) short new stems...not sure thou. Rina...See MorePink wild clover - okay to let it just grow?
Comments (27)I have a lot of wood sorrel (oxalis oregona), which I think the original poster has realized she has too. I have decided to let mine alone in one spot as it's in a bed I prefer to be easy care and is doing well with some skimmia and ferns. It's also contained by hardscape. I'm working to get it out of another bed where it is threatening to take over some heuchera and alchemilla. I would say be careful around plants you want to keep. I don't find it very easy to weed out as it has an incredible mass of spreading mat-like roots and every bit you leave behind grows again. It quickly out-competed some young japanese forest grass I had and even ajuga! In my experience, you can't really just pull it out -- you have to dig around to get the rootlets which can be a pain, depending on what else you have planted. It loves my rainy, cool climate. They planted quite a lot in the ravine next to me, trying to reestablish more native plantings and it has out-competed the native bleeding heart and a few other more delicate plantings. Only put it somewhere where you can be on top of maintenance a lot. I have a deciduous variety, but there is also an evergreen version (at least for my zone)....See MoreGrowing clover on Coir sheets?
Comments (2)I'm not following why you are wanting to use the coir in relation to mixing clover with your lawn grass. But, I see no reason you wouldn't be able to put it down and spread clover seed on the top. It should be woven loosely enough to get the seed into the mat a little bit to improve moisture contact with the seed. Also be sure to keep it constantly moist to get the seed germinated. If the mat is too dense to provide the seed some coverage, then you might spread a little compost, dried grass clippings or other material thinly over the seed to provide it some protection, then water and keep moist until the clover gets started....See MoreGrowing clover with asparagus?
Comments (7)That claim that the fixed nitrogen becomes only "somewhat more available" after the clover is dead is incorrect. The amount of nitrogen returned to the soil during or after a legume crop can be misleading. Almost all of the nitrogen fixed goes directly into the plant. Little leaks into the soil for a neighboring non-legume plant. However, nitrogen eventually returns to the soil for a neighboring plant when vegetation (roots, leaves, fruits) of the legume die and decompose. http://www.csun.edu/~hcbio027/biotechnology/lec10/lindemann.html Most people envision a "pipeline" that transports nitrogen directly from clover to grass. Unfortunately almost no nitrogen is contributed to grasses this way. Essentially all nitrogen supplied to grasses from clover is indirect. Because of this indirect route, nitrogen from clover root nodules is not immediately available to companion grasses. Root nodules must decompose and nitrogen must be converted into a form available to plants. http://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.cfm?number=B1251 When legumes are tilled into the soil, the N stored in their roots is released and made available to the next crop... http://nmsp.cals.cornell.edu/publications/factsheets/factsheet2.pdf...See Moreken_mce
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