Mid February - Good time to plant clover

[Valley Station]

Starting mid February is sure a good time to plant some Ladina clover or Korean lespedeza. Ground freezing and thawing, melting snow, helps put seed in the ground. Good time to back seed existing food plots.
Just a reminder.[:)]

[perrymax]

If your going to frost seed,make sure you sow clover and lespedeza seed on,or close to,a full moon!!!I didn't used to believe this but it's true.I don't know why but I've seen the results and I'm a believer.Feb seems to be the best month.

[Lewis]

When is the next full moon? I plan on sowing about an acre of ladino this month. I purchased the seed last fall. It will still be ok won't it?

[Valley Station]

Yep, full moon is on the Feb 16th, this Saturday.

[Lewis]

Perfect......Thanks for the tip Perry

[Landguy]

You folks are just full of usefull information. Thanks for the reminder.

[P. Beyer]

This being my 1st effort at foodplots.

I've read that 4 hours (or more) of sunlight is needed for most
clover. Would it be possible to acheive this in a slightly wooded
area? Meaning with selective cutting of some canopy cover, is it feasible to obtain good growth in an area like that?

"It makes no difference whether I got anything; it has to do with how the day was spent"

Fred Bear

[Lewis]

Here is what I did. I had about 3/4 of an acre or so of clearing that already had a mixture of grass established in it to work with. I wanted to improve the quality of food in the area so I decided to atempt to get some clover started. The grass that was already in the clearing has turnned out to be quite a bit of fescue and alot of stuff that I don't have a clue what it is. Anyway, what I did was, I spread 150lbs of 6-24-24 fert and 800lbs of pelet lime along with 10 lbs of ladino clover. I spread the clover right after the ice storm in Feb. I did not disc or harrow the ground. I just spread everything right on top. Now what I have is thick clover in most of the clearing. It is all pretty small right now but It looks like it is going to be sweet this fall. I built a log blind in a the woodlot that seperates the top and bottom portions of the clearing. I have already seen a big doe and a grouse feeding while sitting in the blind waiting on the turkeys to show. No turkeys yet but I'm still after em. If nothing else it is a beautiful spot just to set and enjoy. Just thought I would share with some of you that have given me tips with the clover along the way. Thanks.

[Valley Station]

Lewis,
Son, ya done good.
Sounds like you may want to go back and use a herbicide called Poast.
It will kill just the fescues and grass.
Just wait till later, when you see an ol' doe with her fawns or flock of young turkeys chasin' grass hoppers in your clover patch.[^]

[Lewis]

I've seen the hoppers just not the birds yet. When should I spray the poast?

[Valley Station]

Spring greenup is pretty well underway, but, I would wait to get turkey season behind us and temperature warm/stabilize some.
Kill that durn fescue. Poast is kinda pricey per gallon. You might want to find a farmer or food plot owner who can sale you smaller
amount.

[Larry Carter]

Yeah Lewis, Valley is right. That nice looking clover will disappear under that sorry,no count fescue. A quart of round up way before seeding would have been cheaper than any over the top treatment.

[Lewis]

So. Now should I spot spray poast after the first cut or what? How much poast will I need. I would say that 1/4 of the plot has fescue in it. After I kill the fescue will it come back next year?