Clover/Chicory question

• Oct 23, 2016

• #1

MJ74

Old Mossy Horns

We planted a small plot of Ladino clover and chicory last September and it can up nice and thick.
The problem now is it is very thin clover is small.
I don't know what caused it other than maybe standing rain?

Oct 2015

Oct 2016

Any thoughts other than getting a soil test?

 

• Oct 23, 2016

• #2

jug

Old Mossy Horns

Contributor

Flooding can cause that.

 

• Oct 23, 2016

• #3

Eric Revo

Old Mossy Horns

Contributor

Add more lime, zero nitrogen fertilizer and see if that helps. Ladino takes awhile to build its crown and standing water will rot it quickly.

 

• Oct 25, 2016

• #4

Eggman

Twelve Pointer

It never hurts to broadcast new seed over these plots in the fall as well.

 

• Oct 25, 2016

• #5

MJ74

Old Mossy Horns

^^^^^ already have, I done it a week before the hurricane. There are alot of tiny sprouts of clover you just can't see it in that pic because that was the day I broadcast it.

 

• Oct 25, 2016

• #6

CRC

Old Mossy Horns

A good liming helps with clover.

Good luck with your ladino, I hope to try some with the regular dutch clover I have already growing.