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  • From: William Dellinger <hunger AT hunger.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Winter sowing red clover
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:32:57 -0600

I think I'll mow it close, disc it, lime it, and not hraze it. I'll mow the
clover once a year to reseed and let the clover enventually be the dominant
species. Late I'll interseed some more legumes and orchard grass, etc.

"Wiediger, Alison" wrote:

> We frost seed various clovers into fescue to improve the pasture. Clovers
> fix nitrogen which is good for grass growth, improve the protein content of
> the forage which is good for animal growth, and dilute the effects of fescue
> endophyte toxicity. We either graze down close or cut close in winter to
> get good soil contact for the clover seed. On a really bad pasture, we have
> also run a disk harrow to open up some pockets of soil. We try to overseed
> by the end of February here in zone 6 so we still have some surface freezing
> and thawing, the action of which covers the clover seed. For clovers, it's
> also a good idea to lime if your soil tends toward being too acidic. We
> notice some clover the first year, a really nice flush the second year (if
> there's enough rain), and it can start to decline after the third. We are
> planning to overseed 1/3 of our pastures every year - planning!! The cattle
> really like the forage, and we think our finished weights and the quality of
> our meat shows the value of the clover.
>
> Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
>
> > ----------
> > From: Liz Pike[SMTP:liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com]
> > Reply To: Market Farming
> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 12:41 PM
> > To: Market Farming
> > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Winter sowing red clover
> >
> > just curious, why red clover into fescue?? and where are you located??
> >
> >
> > Liz Pike
> > Laughingbrook Farm
> > Westfield NC
> > http://www.marketfarming.com new content added daily!!
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> >
> >
> >
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