clover

• Apr 28, 2006

• #1

M

mack8888

Member

Is It To Late To Cut My Clover Down, It Is Growing Pretty Tall.dont Want The Heat To Kill It?

 

• Apr 28, 2006

• #2

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

Mowed mine yesterday. Deer beds everywhere in it. Got to get it sprayed this weekend if possible....getting too grassy.

 

• Apr 28, 2006

• #3

Buckfever

Senior Member

gadeerwoman, what are you spraying your clover with? BF

 

• Apr 28, 2006

• #4

huntininmilan

Senior Member

I'm not Sandra but i sprayed mine with a combination of SLAY & ARREST, but i sprayed mine about 3-4 weeks ago!

 

• Apr 28, 2006

• #5

Retired Army Guy

Senior Member

shouldn't hurt it. If its Durana it wont mind at all. Durana is a "lower" growing clover and responds well to mowing.

 

• Apr 30, 2006

• #6

Dub

Senior Member

man I wish we had a lush bed of clover in every one of our plots

 

• May 1, 2006

• #7

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

I use the Hi-Yield grass killer....sethoxydim.

 

• May 1, 2006

• #8

DC-08

Senior Member

What can you spray a clover & chicory plot with?

DC

 

• May 1, 2006

• #9

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

Sethoxydim will not hurt the clover or chicory. It kills only grasses.

 

• May 1, 2006

• #10

DC-08

Senior Member

Thanks.
DC

 

• May 3, 2006

• #11

Paddle

Senior Member

Do you want the clover to head out before you cut it?

 

• May 3, 2006

• #12

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

I actually try to cut mine before most of it blooms. Seems like once it blooms, it goes semi-dormant for a while. I want it to continue to produce leaves and not so much seed. Lots of plants once they produce seed heads think their job is done so they stop producing as many leaves. With the dry weather on my plots right now I figure reseeding is gonna be spotty anyway.

 

• May 3, 2006

• #13

M

milliam

Member

How long does it take for the Sethoxydim to kill the grass? We sprayed our plots 3 weeks ago and they doesn't seem to be much of a change.

Tommy

 

• May 3, 2006

• #14

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

Took mine close to 4 weeks before I fully noticed it. I was cussing the stuff cause I didn't think it had worked. Took longer that I had expected. Did you get any rain on it shortly after spraying? Did you use a surfactant along with the sethoxydim?

 

• May 3, 2006

• #15

M

milliam

Member

We used Poast with some crop oil. I think it rained a few days after.

I'll give it some more time. I heard it was slow acting, but I couldn't remember how slow.

Thanks.
Tommy

 

• May 3, 2006

• #16

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

I was about to give up and spray again before mine turned brown. Give it another week or so. Remember it works slower in cooler temps too and we've had some cool nights lately.

 

• May 31, 2006

• #17

Paddle

Senior Member

Does the clover continue to stay green the summer and into the fall/winter when you cut it before it tops out?

 

• May 31, 2006

• #18

gadeerwoman

Senior Member

when it gets very dry it goes a little dormant and puts out little growth and gets almost crunchy at times. Where it gets a little shade particularly afternoon shade it stays green and lush12 months a year.

 

• May 31, 2006

• #19

Dawg In the Swamp

Senior Member

I sprayed and fertilized my small Duranna plots this weekend. Man it was hot and the bugs were unfriendly. I couldnt find 0-20-20 so I used 5-10-15 since it had the least amt of nitrogen.

 

• May 31, 2006

• #20

kevincox

Senior Member

Be careful mowing your Durana or fertilizing it right now, because it may not rain for weeks! I mowed last year and then a drought hit, almost cost me my durana but it came back when we finally started getting rain