Danllan
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Are any knowledgeable people - maybe @Great In Grass ? - out there able to advise on the longevity of clover seed in cool dry storage? Thanks in advance.
Do a germ test prior to planting.will last a long time , just hope the acre of pelleted lucerne seed i was given yesterday will last as long wont be planted till next spring at earliest
I consider myself reasonably intelligent but... it is remarkable the number of times I have meant to do something before, and then remembered immediately afterwards, and that is the really annoying thing, it is always 'just' after remembering would have been useful.Yes, do a germ test! I meant to on the seed I mentioned but used it all first
It's fairly common practice around here, too... I was suitably impressed at it coming away, as I grabbed the bag on the way up to shift the calves and threw handfuls over the fence as they followed me along.I consider myself reasonably intelligent but... it is remarkable the number of times I have meant to do something before, and then remembered immediately afterwards, and that is the really annoying thing, it is always 'just' after remembering would have been useful.
It's fairly common practice around here, too... I was suitably impressed at it coming away, as I grabbed the bag on the way up to shift the calves and threw handfuls over the fence as they followed me along.
I have given some thistly fences a bit of a burnoff with hot salt, and then "clovered" them, because I hate them growing up through the wires and ticking... I see goodly amounts now poking through all the dead grass and collapsed thistle.
The high tech drill used was an old flour sifter from mum's kitchen.
My organic weedkiller of choice, as much ag salt as you can fit in a tank of hot water, sprayed on a hot summer's day... have nailed a lot of gorse with it, but very unselective, of course. Handgun out the window at about 11km/h, just enough to knock the grass and weeds, then back in a month or so with the flour sifter full of clover it's all pretty high tech around hereWhat's hot salt and how do you use it?
My organic weedkiller of choice, as much ag salt as you can fit in a tank of hot water, sprayed on a hot summer's day... have nailed a lot of gorse with it, but very unselective, of course. Handgun out the window at about 11km/h, just enough to knock the grass and weeds, then back in a month or so with the flour sifter full of clover it's all pretty high tech around here
I don't put much at the soil, if I can help it, for that exact reason- but it certainly gives it a good knock.Thanks, might have a go at that. I take it the salt in the soil doesn't impede the germination of the clover. What clover do you generally use red or white or anything?
I don't put much at the soil, if I can help it, for that exact reason- but it certainly gives it a good knock.
Probably a small leafed white clover is best for a ground cover, what a kiwi would call "sheep farmer clover" as that is largely what it's designed to do, be a low dense cover.
In pasture though, any clover is grand IMO-
here we have reds, whites, persian, and a little balansa clover in the newer paddocks- each one fills a little niche and at a different part of the season.
There is a Balansa clover thread on here, it is really quite unique in how it growsThat's good news, the small leaf white is a lot cheaper here than the larger leafed varieties which are extremely expensive. I don't think we can get Balansa clover or it's called something else @le bon paysan ?
That's good news, the small leaf white is a lot cheaper here than the larger leafed varieties which are extremely expensive. I don't think we can get Balansa clover or it's called something else @le bon paysan ?