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Comments (2)I think the idea that the plant draws nitrogen out of the air might be misleading, our air is about 75% nitrogen. It can be said that humans draw nitrogen out of the air. The problem with a clover lawn is that when you do get weeds such as other broad leafs, there is nothing you can use to kill the weeds that will not kill the clover. This is where lawns come in as a better cover, there are many herbicides that will not hurt a lawn but get the weeds. Why not round up a 1000' sq area of your lawn, separate it from your lawn with timbers and plant clover as a testing area. Make sure you like it and can maintain it....See Moreclover lawns
Comments (3)It is rare to find adventuresome people on this forum. Mostly they want to know how to get rid of clover in the lawn; however, I have recommended it to people who seem to be open to the idea. When clover is sowed for full coverage, it looks much more attractive than when it enters the yard in patches. Clover is also very good for the soil. If you mow at the mower's highest setting you will need very little water and no fertilizer at all....See Moregetting a clover lawn?
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 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 MoreHappy2BeeME
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