getting rid of clover in lawn
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Comments (17)I love the idea. I have a bermuda lawn and as mentioned, bermuda is next to impossible to get rid of without roundup. I have one patch of white clover (which is incidentally in a spot which tends to be more moist) and it is thick, competing with the bermuda. My soil is awful, overall. I may try throwing around a bag of white clover seed in the existing lawn in other spots, and see what happens. On the other topic mentioned (thin poor soil with little organic matter) here is what I did. It is starting to work, after three years. The dog pen was mostly in the shade of oak trees. It had a little shade tolerant prairie grass, but that quickly got trampled. The large shady part of the pen (_huge_ pen with only two dogs; amazing how quickly they can ruin it) turned into a mudhole when rainy and "concrete" when dry. Tree roots were starting to get exposed from erosion. I started going to the free mulch place and getting truckloads of wood chips. I scattered them in the dog pen, starting with the muddy and eroded spots and going from there. Grass is starting to come back a little, and the wood chips keep the mud and erosion under control. They are starting to break down, and I keep adding more. I think eventually the soil will get back, not to its native "before dogs and humans" state....See Moreclover and grass
Comments (4)there are products available in the US that can tackle clovers only. However if you don't have plans to go to the US anytime soon, you could try to up the nitrogen content of your soil. Clovers grow where there is low nitrogen levels. Maybe you've been watering the yard too much? causing leaching?...See MoreClover Cover Crop / Clover Lawn
Comments (6)I have a patch of white clover in my yard that I planted about 25 years ago. The soil is sandy. I don't remember the details of the planting, but I do remember that I broadcast the seeds by hand and lightly raked them in with a leaf rake. This clover is very well established and is the dominant plant in an area of about 300 SF....See Moregetting a clover lawn....
Comments (4)I'm not sure which Camden you live in but they're all east of the Mississippi, so your soil is probably perfect for Dutch white clover. When I was a kid you could find clover seed everywhere. I haven't looked for it recently but certainly the technology is there to get it out. If you seed it over the entire yard, you should have a clover lawn next season. Clover is good for many reasons. One of those reasons is you don't have to mow it. If you let it get tall, it should provide enough shade on the soil to prevent all your other weed seeds from sprouting. If you watch it carefully and learn to sense the wilting and prewilting signs from lack of water, you can start to water only when the clover needs it and not when the weeds need it. That should be about weekly in the heat of summer....See Moreapcohrs
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