Growing clover! Fall vs. spring planting? Side by side comparison!

Here is exactly what you will find to be the difference between planting your Clover in the fall or in the spring!

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[fuzzyfriendlydoggy]

Man what a beautiful thick clover field!

[dingus]

Just based on this guy's accent I am inclined to believe literally anything he says.

[b]

Save your own seed, my great great granddad started saving his seed way before the depression and avoided much as a result. My family were very successful farmers and this was before irrigation.

[SewPerky]

Wow, that red clover is STUNNING!!! I bet the bees are happy!!

[hischild]

I remember in the 50s-60s when that red clover grew beside all the highways in Mississippi - gorgeous!

[amberjay]

At 2:08 I yelled “wow” and my husband said WHAT and I showed him! That’s beautiful! Thank you so much for making this video!

[perfectionnotallowed]

Crimson clover is not the same as other clovers. It’s taller and has poor heat tolerance. It’s considered a cool weather clover. It’s supposed to be planted in the fall, overwintered, and then will begin growing again after the last frost. That’s why the fall planted field looks perfect. If you need to plant in the spring, opt for regular red clover. It’s a shorter clover with better heat tolerance.

[abraxas]

So we have established that clover looks better the second year. Thanks.

[jdno]

Besides this video telling me exactly what I needed to know, that shot of you hoppin outta the truck is too funny.

[certifiedhoarder]

Next fall put your crimson clover in with some combination of winter wheat, rye, oats, forage radish etc. The non-legume crop's demand for nitrogen is signalled to the clover or other legume, which causes the clover to fix much larger nitrogen nodules that what it normally does to supply its own needs. My wheat done this way grew taller than an ax handle and the clover climbed the wheat stalks like poison ivy going up a tree. The clover was over my knee when i crimped it down for a cover residue to plant into for soil regeneration.

When paired your yield per acre will go way up from the synergy of the rhizophagy cycle between species. Itll put out some fine hay and grow great corn with low inputs the following season.

Good video bud, God bless

[blahdeblaaah]

I’m turning a portion of my grass yard into clover. Your video helped me decide to wait til this Fall to plant it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[PumpkinPails]

I wondered what those little red stalks growing all over east Texas were. I had no idea it was clover.

[OleensEmbroidery]

I learned a lot. Especially, I did not know they made hay out of clover. I thought it was alfalfa.

[GetRhythm]

IMPRESSIVE CLOVER STAND TO INCREASE "N" INTO THE SOIL. GREAT JOB!

[catalpasymbiote]

Very good information. Thank you for conducting this test, and sharing the results with us.

[kimberlymcdevitt]

That's a huge difference! Thank you for posting this. It helps make a big decision for planting times for clover.

[agentbz]

Thank you. I planted red and yellow arrow-leaf clover last October. It is doing great today, just like yours. Just BTW, I planted about 3, 500 square feet that would have been a wasted weed place in a bee flower mix, and I'll probably put some red clover in there just for looks.

[brettbrignac]

Great video. You convinced me to plant year round. Thanks, sir.

[pegsclips]

i LOVE the smell of crimson clover. unreal the difference.. well worth fall planting.

[ConsiderationFarm]

I followed your method and got great results. Will be planting white and red clover all over this fall. I'm gonna clear with pigs, plant in Oct, scythe and bale hay in spring, then bring in the pigs again, then plant corn/barley/sunflower/oats.