White Clover

[Derrick Hughes]

If I mixed it with the firtilizer would it grow.
White Clover Buddy

 

[milkloss]

Maybe but not this year anyway.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Maybe but not this year anyway.

We getting rain here off a on
It was for the Fat Hen Field . Thought of mixing it with a bit of Timothy

 

[milkloss]

We getting rain here off a on
It was for the Fat Hen Field . Thought of mixing it with a bit of Timothy

one assumes you've decided not to spray it? How are those docks looking? Might be best to wait until next spring and then decide whether it needs some weed control that would kill the clover.
if it's really clear then chuck some in the spreader and see what happens. Best if you run some stock over to treadle it in a little though.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

one assumes you've decided not to spray it? How are those docks looking? Might be best to wait until next spring and then decide whether it needs some weed control that would kill the clover.
if it's really clear then chuck some in the spreader and see what happens. Best if you run some stock over to treadle it in a little though.

It has Minsrel 2 weeks ago but did not touch the fat hen

 

[milkloss]

It has Minsrel 2 weeks ago but did not touch the fat hen

Is this a new ley then? headland polo would have bowled all of the seedling stuff clean over..thistles, docks, fat hen etc etc. I can't see fat hen being a problem in an established ley.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

It had spuds growing from last year . They told me to use Minsral as it was kind on the grass

 

[milkloss]

It had spuds growing from last year . They told me to use Minsral as it was kind on the grass

yes, but doesn't do fat hen. Each situation is different but I found polo to be not too harsh on the grass when I use it. I think it's a weaker mix of MCPA and 24d

 

[Davy_g]

I put a couple of spoonfuls into the creep meal twice a day. No idea how much actually established as this is my second grazing season doing it - but I have more white clover than ever before.
I don’t add any when the cattle are in the silage fields and I spot spray dock’s.

 

[davidroberts30]

I put a couple of spoonfuls into the creep meal twice a day. No idea how much actually established as this is my second grazing season doing it - but I have more white clover than ever before.
I don’t add any when the cattle are in the silage fields and I spot spray dock’s.

I tried it last year mixing clover into the barley and feeding it in the field
I have 2ft circles of clover where I tipped the barley on the floor but that's all
It was too dry,I tried it june time last year

 

[Davy_g]

I tried it last year mixing clover into the barley and feeding it in the field
I have 2ft circles of clover where I tipped the barley on the floor but that's all
It was too dry,I tried it june time last year

I do it from turn out till I bring them in. Working for me. Little & often.

 

[davidroberts30]

I do it from turn out till I bring them in. Working for me. Little & often.

I tried it for about 6 weeks...

 

[pgk]

I tried it for about 6 weeks...

Best effect we got was feeding it in September when hls scheme allowed us to tickle cattle a bit of hard feed to enable us to get cattle off hls land after 6 months summering, spring time was a revelation, those pp fields still clover rich after 8 years.

 

[Islandcrofter]

Could you feed it to sheep as well?

 

[neilo]

Could you feed it to sheep as well?

I’ve tried several times, the only clover growing after being where they’d spilt it round the feeders. I’ve had far more success broadcasting before a wet period, if you can remember what one of those is.