Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
Characteristics
- Yield based on 2 harvests/season
- Seeds/pound: 275,000
- Seeding rate: 6-8 lbs pure live seed/acre
- Seeding date: frost seed, early spring, or late summer before August 15
- Two to three harvests per season possible
- Use in pasture mixtures, with rotational grazing
- Persistent if allowed to reseed
Advantages
- good quality possible
- well adapted to acid or variable drained soils
- easy and fast to establish
- good first year yields
Concerns
- generally does not persist after 2 growing seasons
- lower yielding than alfalfa
- can cause bloat
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