Best Time to Plant Clover Food Plots

[@timeintheoutdoors]

I'm really glad you made this video. I had just got my Green Cover Clover and was about to frost seed two plots here in WI. I'm going to look up the 5-year average and wait. Thanks again!

[@hulsey19750]

I loved the last sentence you said. Shout his name and give him the glory he deserves 😊

[@cst270]

We had this scenario play out in deep south Mississippi last spring. In 2023 we had a super early spring. We were probably 3 weeks early in spring greenup. Was a very warm February and early March. By mid March we were almost fully greened out. Then seemingly out of nowhere on March 18th we got an overnight low of 22 degrees. The daytime temp the next day probably didn't break out of the 30's. That may not seem like a big deal to northerners but in deep south Miss. it was just an incredible thing. That was definitely a killing frost! Most people had planted their gardens. The next night's low was similar. We hadn't had that low of a temperature in that late of the month of March in 30 or 40 years or more. Then just a few mornings later it was 70 degrees at daybreak with mosquitos very thick and we probably never went much lower than 50 degrees overnight for the rest of spring 2023.

[@MyVisualRomance]

Yep I remember that well. I’m in the same area as you. The only thing that saved my garden was a thick tarp and heat lamps under it. Got no apples or other fruits cause it froze the pollinated buds right off em. Does this often too. Learned my lesson for sure. Now I don’t plant till mid April.

[@craigkowalczyk3516]

I just frost seeded some frigid forage pure trophy clover yesterday here in western Massachusetts

[@CAB75]

Im glad you made this video. I’m about 1 hr north of Jefferson City and I have been itching to plant my clover but haven’t had the extra time. I’ll be patient and wait. As always thank you for the great videos and tips.

[@michaeltepe3573]

Been frost seeding in Indiana,Michigan the last 20years in February and march on a flat level area and have never had this happen 🤷‍♂️ i just frost seeded 2 plots yesterday 😊😊😊

[@lonniechartrand]

I frost seeded a month ago. I figured it is called FROST seeding for a reason. Now I know this may not be correct, but I am willing to go with God's plan. What I am saying is that nature doesn't wait to drop seed until AFTER A FROST. Again, I admit that this may not be the best plan, but it has worked for me the last seventeen years. My fear is that if I wait too long, with the drought we have been experiencing, that I will miss out on the moisture necessary to make my clover pop.

[@michaeltepe3573]

U will be fine. I frost seed every year here in the Midwest

[@ajkelley20]

Great video. I'm just south of you in Arkansas. Thanks for posting

[@otiskeithwatkins1679]

You nailed it. Here in middle TN every Feb it's 70 degrees. Should I plant the lettuce and broccoli? Should I not? 10 days later it's 3 degrees.

[@Coltbrittain]

No wonder my clover didn’t take. Had a real hard freeze after it started popping up! Good thing I bought enough to do it again incase I screwed up 😂😂

[@jeremysilcox9362]

I typically plant fall plots with some annual clover, winter peas, oats, rye, and wheat in my plots here in Alabama. If I wait till the first week of October, the grains do great and the clover does nothing, if I plant brassica they too don't grow much. If I plant in September the grains grow tall and stemmy, but clover, peas, and if I use brassica all do well. I am thinking of planting clover and brassica, then top sowing grain into the clover. Not sure what I should do, or adjust.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Jeremy - You can overseed if the seeds will reach the soil. Sometimes the early crops can grow thick enough that there's not enough sun reaching the ground for the broadcast seeds to photosynthesize (feed). This is a case by case scenario.

[@guardianminifarm8005]

Many thanks.

[@SteveLowe-i5g]

Dr. Woods, I saw your video short on native vegetation. Do you have a more in depth video that explains how to encourage the "right" native vegetation?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

I simply manage the forest to allow between 20 and 50% of the sun's light to reach the soil and then burn. Dormant season burns (before green up) tend to stimulate more grasses to sprout and growing season burns (usually during the late summer (stimulate more forbs (broadleafed plants) to grow. The native seed bank is almost always very rich!

[@showmetheheartland]

Hello, another great episode. Off topic, but I have a new woods road that runs up a slope, with several yards of open area on each side. Do you have any recommendations for something I can plant in that area, primarily to avoid erosion?

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Depending on the location, fescue or other grasses are very good for erosion control.

[@turkeyhunter7617]

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[@Colt-j9m]

Hey Grant. My names Colt. I’m in southeastern Virginia. Sorry about the username… quick question for you if you don’t mind. Could I use cereal rye as a nurse crop this fall for clover in my plot? If so, how much rye and clover should I put per acre and what kind of clover do you recommend planting? Thank you.

[@GrowingDeerTV]

Cereal rye works as a nurse crop for clover, but it grows so tall that it can shade out the clover if planted too thick. If you are broadcasting the seeds, I wouldn't plant more than 50 pounds of cereal rye per acre for a nurse crop. I've had very good results with the Clover blends from GreenCoverFoodPlots.com. I get my seed from Colton at Green Cover.

[@Colt-j9m]

@@GrowingDeerTV thank you I appreciate it. How many pounds of clover along with the rye per acre and what kind of clover, crimson?

[@MegaBraunie]

Just seeded 2 acres clover before the rain. Going to be a great crop..

[@johnmullies1807]

Everybody says NO spreading over snow, maybe s MO is different

[@GrowingDeerTV]

John - spreading clover in snow that's about to melt is a longstanding technique.