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Post by indybrad on Jun 28, 2007 15:52:52 GMT -5
I have about a 7 acre field up on a hill that is overgrown with weeds, grasses and lespediza. It's around Martinsville so the soil is mostly clay. My plan is to spray roundup on 2 acres, probably twice. Then spread the clover after the weeds and grasses are dead. After that I'm going to bush hog the dead stuff so it lays over the seed and acts like a mulch. No soil prep will be involved. What do you think? I've planted clover up there before, after it was cut, and it came up well. I didn't kill any of the existing vegitation so it took over, but the clover lasted for 2 years.
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Post by tmarsh83 on Jun 28, 2007 17:30:19 GMT -5
im a little skeptical, but clover grabs hold pretty well, you might make it work.
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Post by swindianapaul on Jun 28, 2007 21:26:03 GMT -5
If your broadcast spreading the clover on the surface, you should be okay. However, becareful on the dead stuff being a cover.....while it is summer, if it is too heavy AND gets too wet for long enough, the seed will mold/rot.
While you can spread straw over grass seed, the soil is usually worked up a bit even if only with a rake and the soil helps dissipate the moisture from rain.
Just my $.02.
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Post by hornharvester on Jun 28, 2007 22:35:48 GMT -5
I would mow, spray, disc or pull some kind of rake over it to work up the soil as much as possiable, then plant and fetilize. It should grow some this fall and be a nice stand of clover next spring/summer.
I agree the dead grass might be too much for the clover to over come. h.h.
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Post by esshup on Jun 29, 2007 18:43:16 GMT -5
I'd kill it like you said (but only 1x), then turn the soil to expose more weed seeds to help them germinate, wait a few weeks, kill the weeds that germinated, then seed. It might make the weeds less likely to pop up (at least the first year).
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