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  • From: tanis cuff <tanistanis@hotmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 57, Issue 28 ( Bee Forage) (apc@vassolinc.com)
  • Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:36:01 +0000

Do you mean 'white sweet clover' and 'yellow sweet clover'?  These are both later bloomers, more
summer than early spring.  Great bee-forage!
 
These are also invasive exotics.  Each crop of seeds they produce is partly "hard seeds", strongly
dormant seeds which will sprout when your great-grandkids till that soil.  If sweet clovers get into
a prairie remnant or re-planting, it will be a perpetual yearly chore to remove them. 


> From: apc
> To: nafex
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:15:15 -0500
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] nafex Digest, Vol 57, Issue 28 ( Bee Forage) (apc@vassolinc.com)
>
> Hi Ross,
> Honey Plants of North America by Lovell is the Bible
> for honey plants. Both Yellow sweet blossom and White sweet blossom
> are considered one of the best sources. These are not to be confused with
> common white clover. There was an abundance of sweet clovers when farmers
> used them to build natural Nitrogen into the soil. Today Nitrogen comes
> in tanks. Be aware that clovers are aggressive. The sweets stand 24" - 48"
> tall and
> bloom about two weeks apart. I'm not sure they would be considered early but
> should be on any honey list.
> Anthony
>


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