Crimson Clover Cover Crop

[@Forevertrue]

This is what every farmer should be told and taught. Thanks for this. Varying cover crops are the answer to many problems, but next years seed!

[@danno1800]

You did a really nice job explaining it all - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

[@Willie4801]

I planted red clover on a hunch, and rototilled it into the soil in April. Now my garden is thriving. All by inner guidance. When I saw your video I was thrilled to know the reasons it is so wonderful. Thank you.

[@cynthiapowers3469]

Not only is it beautiful but Crimson clover, a plant that honeybees love, produces a long, beautiful bloom that is full of nectar for the bees , we need our Bees to be fed well

[@catalpasymbiote2331]

Thank you for this wealth of information! Very much appreciated.

[@Gustav4]

Thats amazing you see increase in yields with less fertilizer, the way to go, thank god for your work.

[@JohnFlower-NZ]

I've been experimenting with Crimson Clover this year. I have a suburban garden, and I've sown it around a row of ornamental grasses, around a baby lime, and lemon trees (to attract ladybugs), and in an area destined for herbs (once my seedlings are ready for transplanting outdoors). Whilst it's only been a few months, I do say the clover around the ornamental grasses has grown into a thick green cover, and looks so good that a friend who visited asked for the remainder of my clover seeds.

[@cynthiapowers3469]

I've some growing in hanging plant pots and the red flowers from crimson clover are beautiful

[@stephenchallis1592]

Thank you for an excellent and very informative video.

[@bigears4426]

I grow clover around my citrus and apples they love it , always healthy leaves

[@SolutionsFromTheSouth]

This is very good information! I knew both Ronnie and Scott before they were this important and this famous.

[@MrsMillers]

I’m going to try this

[@Buzatesri]

Sorry not to reply so late. I was not involved in the decisions, but after a trip to Burleigh Co., ND, I am convinced that a mix would be even more beneficil to their soil biology. Yes, the the clover is reseeeding itself. I belive they spray and b/c the above ground biomass is lower they don't need to roll.

[@Grizzlife]

Great info!

[@Dollapfin]

That soil literally looks so damn good. I never thought of letting it go to seed I’m an idiot lol. It may be hard to do a mix with that but hey we’ll see and it can’t hurt to drill in another cover if ya need them. I’m thinking the legumes are best to do this with because they’re most expensive for seed.

[@Buzatesri]

Please let us know how it went. Facebook sites "Carolina Cover Crop Connection" and "Everything Cover Crops" would benefit from any of your experiences, good or bad.

[@faviankennedy7171]

Thank you

[@Spiked2005]

How much seed per acre? Do you knock down the clover prior or just before a seed planting7

[@TheWritingGirl]

curious how do you think this would do as a lawn replacement. I'm in south Georgia also and my yard is covered with sugar gums and pine tress but the front is full sun ( brown dead grass most the time) can I like this grow and mow it and it serve the same function? I am looking for alternative grass option, thyme was another consideration I've had.

[@pbeggar]

good video. would like to know more about what and how to plant a crop into the clover in early spring.

[@nicholasnapier2684]

Question is you were saying the running multiple crops out the same field with the cover crop available to you to keep soil high nitrogen..... I like the way you did that though that you grew it like that that's the way to do it instead of using fertilizers and pesticides

[@blueshawll]

Great info, thank you!!

[@MHobbs43]

I not a farmer so I have a very elementary question; how do you process the cover crop when you are ready to plant the cash crop? Thank you!

[@GladiatorShield]

Crimson and clover over and over ....do.do.do.do do.do do doodooodooo

[@ChronicFarmer]

inspiring video. Thanks for the knowledge drop bro

[@cazztoroberts4259]

[@robertlane9073]

I'm assuming you would terminate the clover with Gramoxone or some type of roller/chopper (mechanically). By the time the clover crop produces seed and becomes physiologically mature in Georgia, you will be well into the month of May, I believe. This is well past the time that corn should have been planted, so I'm having a bit of a problem seeing how this issue has been resolved here. I like to grow legumes as a cover crop as well, but I've always had to terminate it well before maturity in order to plant the grain or garden crops without worrying about excessive competition from the legume crop. I've also noticed that I tend to have more issues with spider mites on those crops that follow the legume cover crop. Perhaps that is unique to my location. I don't know. I also have difficulty getting crimson clover (I use "Dixie") to return with good density the following fall, even when I have let it go to seed. It just doesn't seem to have enough hard seed to get through the few summer showers we have in East Texas. Most of it germinates, and subsequently dies as seedlings in the summer heat, following summer rains.

[@Buzatesri]

Robert Lane , I think that's a good question - I must say that since i met with Scott, I've never seen anyone keep their clover long enough to reseed in the fall. Usually guys around here (SC and GA) will terminate mid March to Mid April and then plant. The tendency of a lot of the guys here has been to wait as long as possibly for biomass to grow, but they need to balance that against soil moisture. The last two years it seems like it just quit raining around the end of April. While Scott shows off a wonderful Crimson Clover cover, we do think it's a good idea to throw a grass (e.g., Cosak oats, rye) and maybe a few other broadleafs (like radish or forage rape if it's not too far gone in the season) - this may balance your spider-mite situation and the crimson clover may be a good hos species on its own. Scott Utley is still at the University of Georgia extension in Tifton, so it may be worth calling or e-mailing him, and I'd be interested if you could share what you learned from him.

[@robertlane9073]

Will do. Thanks for the feedback, Buz.

[@karensheehan7953]

What do you do to "terminate" the cover crop? Cut it, just bend it over, or spray something?

[@jeffsmith845]

+Karen Sheehan you till it in to the ground dum as.

[@eldiin8478]

Jeff, before you insult someone, maybe you should understand what it is they're asking, else you run the risk of looking dumb yourself, which, in this case, is exactly what you did. Karen't isn't asking for a method that people can use to terminate something (which also tilling doesn't guarantee plant termination either), she's asking the people, who made the video, a very specific question, on how THEY did it. Not once did the video mention tilling as the form of termination. He DOES mention strip tilling, but all that is is a machine going through the already terminated cover crop and making a line in the dirt so that very same machine can drop cash crop seeds down into it, and then covering that strip back up. It leaves everything else alone. This question was actually answered about a year ago, and not sure if it came before or after Karen's question. And I quote: "for a cover like clover conventional farmers typically use herbicides - a contact rather than systemic herbicide is preferred. With most multispecies cover crops farmers like to use a roller crimper. See "Under Cover Farmers"" Now, when they say "crimper", this doesn't mean tilling either, in case you didn't know. Crimping is a form of laying the crop down... this would be the "bend it over" Karen mentions.

[@rahulkulkarni7387]

Dear sir... Thanks for the informative video... Sir, do you keep cutting the clover as it increases in height? Thanks sir...

[@Buzatesri]

Not as far as I know, however they allow grazing in the clover cover. I am not sure what the effect of cutting would be on the clover, but I am sure this is a common practice. My main concern would be to ensure that enough aboveground biomass remains.

[@59markr]

“Trash farming”. Hahaha. Those were the days!

[@johnnelsen3947]

How would this work in the North like Minnesota? Crab grass and other weeds we just re-seeded alphafa with seed oats last year. Bales the oats and it had some alphafa in it and it looked good for a while. Into the fall the weeds started coming in and taking over. We had a very wet spring last year not sure how much effect that had on it. Would a clover cover crop work or help if we need to re-seed again?

[@Buzatesri]

Very different situation, but the principles hold the same. Crimson clover would not necessarily behave like this in Minnesota of course so you'd want to look at other species. I would say the guys in South Dakota are doing a fantastic job in the no-till and cover crop realm, and if you wanted to find out more that is pertinent to Minnesota, speak to some of the folks in eastern and maybe central SD.

[@ronmacdougall9612]

Do you still do soil sample and add like

[@iikmubarakachmad3054]

hi where is your cash crops I didn't see it

[@drivingschool11]

Dear Scott, what is the difference harvesting non pollinated clover flowers? How do we know visibly which Clover flowers were pollinated?

[@Buzatesri]

Fernando, you may want to see if you can contact Scott by email, last I heard was he was still working for the University of Georgia Extension. Thanks

[@bobbyburns9829]

Aloha great presentation thank you. Where can I get the Crimson Clover seats? I live in Hawaii. Thank you so much aloha.

[@Buzatesri]

Aloha from South Carolina. I'd densinitely try to see what clover may work/be available in Hawaii, but if you need to get stuff from the mainland, I'd recommend Green Cover Seed who have a really nice website and a cover crop seed design tool that suggests mixes, rates etc.

[@jilliles615]

yay, bless your hearts for taking care of our one and only planet

[@abeerasworld6435]

Hi, what is the importance of these addresses and what work they do, I also have four leaves

[@peaceandlove5214]

Is it self seeding covercrop?

[@davidtrees1714]

Hey Scott, Saying hi from the UK. So, did you take the leap of faith you mentioned and reduce the nitrogen usage even more..LOL.. I get it man. Really appreciate your honesty. Love the colours and those beneficial insects gained by using the red clover. Can I ask, have you ever put any poultry across the fields to add more good stuff? One more if I may, have you used any blends of cover crops. Saw a YT video where they used Hairy Vetch and RC cover crop. Thanks again bud.

[@Buzatesri]

Great stuff Willie. Now what you want to try is to stop tilling. Tillage destroys soil biology and curtails soil function (i.e., the soils ability to get water and nutrients to your plant). Google Raythesoilguy. Also, I have tried this myself by growing and then rolling a cover crop see my video reply in the video description.

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[@kingsleyorion2870]

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[@steari]

How many lbs do you plant per acre? Also do you inoculate the seed? ..Sorry if you already answered those questions and I missed it.

[@Buzatesri]

This is quite an old video. I would suggest you look at multiple species and not just the crimson. There's a great tool on GreenCoverSeed (I am sure its not unique) that will help you calculate your seed rates based on how many species you use. I don't recommend single species, but you'b be looking at maybe 8-16 lb (?) is you only used crimson.

[@badgoodweather]

Does all clover flower like that?

[@squarecracker]

Is he kneeling down or standing up? I'm so freaked out right now

[@Dollapfin]

squarecracker kneeling down. Only clover that can grow that tall is balansa clover and maybe red on a good day.

[@budpierce7443]

He's on his knees back on his butt

[@Treycotwright]

squarecracker lol me too

[@freestylze]

wish i had this guys soil!

[@Buzatesri]

That's interesting. I am wondering whether that only checked for inorganic N (nitrates nitrites and ammonia) - the majority of the N would be held in organic form either live roots or readily deomposable material. This only mineralizes as soil organisms use it for energy . The inorgnaic N is only a snapshot of N in the soil at the time and does not account for all the organic N. If you e-mail me at [e-mail] I can refer you to other video resources in this area.

[@matthewfinger2381]

What would you say is the best time to plant crimson clover in zone 6 NJ, and will it reseed to come back every year?

[@Buzatesri]

Optimum germination temps are around 70 degrees, I would say you want to plant in September and the very latest October. As far as reseeding is concerned, I don't know how well Crimson will do in Zone 6. What you may want to do is see if there are other varieties that do well there and try a few strips of each. Greencoiverseed.com has a smartmix calculator that may give you some idea of the attributes of different seed varieties. Hope this helps

[@omnicat27]

great video. learned a lot :)

[@johnlim123]

when did you plant this clover? how did you plant? no till drill?

[@Buzatesri]

In the Southeast (say GA and SC) best time to plant is late September into mid-October (adjust that for latitude). No-till drill is best for seed to soil contact. This video was done a long time ago and I'd recommend planting a mix rather than a single species. Having said that, this single species cover did work well in the grazing and corn situation, but you want to consider it a fist step into the move toward increased diversity.

[@garygelo4067]

Would cattle bloat on crimsom clover?

[@Buzatesri]

On the day I filmed this, I saw cattle in the pasture, however this was a decade ago and I would no recommend a monoculture cover crop today. However before putting cattle onto a cool season cover, especially early on in the spring, I'd get with someone who has grazed covers and check on the precautions they use to avoid thing s like grass tetany etc. What I do know is that the folks who have successfully done this find that grazing covers makes a lot of financial success.

[@markroeder2491]

Are you terminating the cover crop with herbicide or a mechanical means?

[@Buzatesri]

+Mars Rover for a cover like clover conventional farmers typically use herbicides - a contact rather than systemic herbicide is preferred. With most multispecies cover crops farmers like to use a roller crimper. See "Under Cover Farmers"

[@mustlovedogs272]

What month did you plant the clover? It looks too thick to be a October to April or May cover but I hope I am wrong.

[@jimmydykes7961]

I've planted crimson clover in the middle of October and by April it was over knee high...here in alabama

[@joemug4079]

When do you plant the seed?

[@beverlyjames2143]

where can I get Red Clover seed to purchest

[@davidtrees1714]

Oops sorry. Love the guitar music too... Perfect :)

[@ureasmith3049]

What did he say about preventing cutworms? Something about banning pyrethroids?

[@JamesTyreeII]

banding pyrethroids (adding it in with the seeding I am guessing, or applying it in bands)

[@edblindauer627]

how do u suppose they kill cover crop? roundup and 2 4 d

[@maryturner3534]

Ed Blindauer I believe it’s called mowing

[@nicholasnapier2684]

The manure from just about anywhere and you're creating your own fertilizer just the cover crops you already got there.. all the dairy farms

[@ljbobb1]

NOOOOOO! Don't spray with herbacide ... you'll have the reside in your soil for years. just mow &/or till under. ( my garden went from more than we could eat/share ... to a handful of produce) now I'm having to try & correct my mistakes ps the bees love the clover too

[@Buzatesri]

That would be my guess. Inorgnaic N is such a volatile measure as to change on a daily basis, but other things like above ground residue and lenght of time that the cover crop was killed may play into it. Scott Utley may have some insights into this - his e-mail is: [e-mail]

[@russellsmith3825]

What I don't understand is why he was bragging about not having any soil structure, we need that aggregation.

[@Buzatesri]

Sure. If you e-mail me at [e-mail] I can refer you to video resources on another site (KZbin does not allow me to post links in these messages) that may help you understand this process better.

[@solfeinberg437]

0:59 I'd say he's sitting in clover.

[@djangoapple8230]

Good job. I bet the big AG chemical companies love you.🤣

[@Buzatesri]

Yes indeed, I get the big bucks from them! I'd encourage you to look at some of the more recent work we have done in "Under Cover farmers", "The Science of Soil Health" and "Merit or Myth" in KZbin. Merit or Myth and Soil Health Labs are also social media outlets we manage in Facebook and (I think) Twitter.

[@hellcatsusie]

Some ppl just don’t get it, And they probably never will (Nero minded ppl) The want to spray to kill weeds and then put out poultry or commercial Fertilize or Nitrogen and just want hear of it when you try to tell them about planting clove and vetch for soil management. What I get is “oh you can’t do that won’t work. 🙄

[@edblindauer627]

or round up and banvil?

[@Buzatesri]

Great. If you e-mail me at [e-mail] I can show you some of the other work I have done on a different site of mixed cover crops, cover crop rolling, etc.

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

A lot cooler.

[@doncook3584]

Mother Earth takes care of us if we quit interfering with natural processes. America is slowly waking up to the decreased input costs and therefore increased profit$ with sound practices

[@kokopelli2012]

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[@jeffsmith845]

+Erik Charles go play with your blocks and let men do the real work .

[@kokopelli2012]

it's people like you the reason why the rebs lost

[@midnightclubfails3950]

CCCC.

[@zerrinekinci9219]

Why background music all the time? It makes the speaking person "the background".

[@Buzatesri]

Yup. Did this about 8 years ago, was enamored with background music...guilty as charged. Hope you get the message any way.

[@zerrinekinci9219]

I do, thank you.

[@Buzatesri]

ha ha!