How to Get Rid of Clover (4 Easy Steps)

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In this video, we’ll show you how to identify and get rid of clovers so you can maintain a uniform lawn.
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Introduction: 0:00
How to Identify Clover: 0:29
How to Inspect for Clover: 1:20
How to Treat for Clover: 2:08
How to Prevent Clover: 4:12
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The most common clover that homeowners deal with is white clover. This weed grows in patches that get as tall as 8 inches in height. White clover is a broadleaf weed that’s recognizable for its three ovular, or teardrop-shaped, leaves. If you’re lucky, you might find one with four leaves. Each leaf features a white stripe that runs from one side to the other. Other common clover species that grow in larger spaces include red clover, which grows as tall as 20 inches and has narrower leaves, and sweet clover, which grows tall stalks of white or yellow flowers.
Check your lawn or garden beds for any unwanted patches of white clover. Be on the lookout for their broad leaves and white flower heads. Clover is a perennial cool-season broadleaf weed and will grow best during spring and fall when the weather is mild. Be sure to note where you’ve spotted any patches of white clover, as you’ll treat these patches directly.
To kill established white clover, use a post-emergent herbicide like TopShot Weed Killer. TopShot is a selective herbicide, which means it can be applied to most lawns to kill weeds without harming the grass. TopShot can be applied with a hand pump sprayer or a hose end sprayer, but we recommend you use a one-gallon hand pump sprayer to make spot applications to clover patches quick and easy.
If you have a larger piece of property that sees Red or Sweet Clover, use 2,4-D Amine. 2,4-D Amine is a powerful post emergent herbicide that’s great for covering large, commercial spaces.
To keep clover from growing back, you can use a pre-emergent herbicide like Isoxaben 75WG to stop clover and other weeds from sprouting. Isoxaben 75WG is a long-lasting selective herbicide that’s labeled to target broadleaf weeds without harming labeled turfgrasses, including fescue and St. Augustine grass. This is a water dispersible granule that must be mixed with water to be applied. Use a hand pump sprayer to apply your completed solution.
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[@SeaJay_Oceans]

We PURCHASE White clover seeds and apply them generously to the lawn, front and back... the cute little white flowers are a favorite of bees and other pollinators. Prosperity has often been referred to as resting in 'fields of clover'... They are a sign of good luck and good fortune.

[@Rshtuni-Papikyan]

Love ❤️ your comment Thank you for teaching this dumys who wants to get rid of clover 🙏

[@Spagghet]

Clovers are listed as an invasive species where I live. They choke out all other plant life. Not everyone lives in your hippy paradise.

[@InJusticeAustralia]

Good on you. God bless you too. Bees are so awesome but most people have no idea and are just so obsessed with controlling EVERYTHING in their garden they don’t invite nature in it, and wonder why it gets sick.

[@arlieadams5798]

much love...and I must be extremely fortunate because my entire yard is covered and the neighbors have none???however we've extended the play area for our kids and I'd rather not have my babies come screaming because their knee has become one with a honey bee horn

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Our honey bees are gentle and kind - as they are true honey bees... As a favor you could plant Cat Mint father away from the children's play area. The delightful violet flowers are a favorite for all pollinators, especially so for the even more gentle bumble bees and small butterfly. Cat Mint blooms of lavender-blue, pink, violet, or white. Cat Mint has low fuzzy leaves, wonderfully sweet aromatic gray-green to medium green leaves with scalloped edges. Thrives in full sun to light shade. Blooms in the late spring to early summer long lasting flowers remaining till the fall. Suitable for a large flower pot or directly in the soil along the edges of the garden or property.

[@lucindarandolph369]

I loved the clover on my lawn when it first appeared, but now it has spread (unwanted) to my neighbour's lawn and I am mortified! Will watch this fully when able. ThanQ

[@Zoetropeification]

I keep clover out of my front lawn but I allow it to grow mostly unchecked in the back yard. Gives us the benefits of clover and still lets us enjoy a weed free lawn out front.

[@InJusticeAustralia]

Why do feel the pressure to keep the front “weed free” (though grass is a weed) Is it bc the neighbours that likely have little to no idea about what’s good or not for a garden, may frown upon a lawn filled with bee food clover??

[@BobWynn]

I have clover on my front lawn and for the first time this year I have left a patch of clover in the centre of the lawn and it looks really pretty like a mini meadow

[@InJusticeAustralia]

Your local Bees will love you

[@BobWynn]

@@InJusticeAustralia Yes, they do😊

[@lisap1776]

Grow more!!!

[@LiftUpNotDown]

Clover requires less mowing or no mowing, grows with very little moisture (uses a lot less water that normal lawns do) and stays green for most of the year and is great for the environment. Pollinators love it.

[@joephillips6634]

It also becomes a muddy mess and allows soil erosion to occur

[@arlieadams5798]

don't want my kids to become attacked by some honey bees while they play

[@KironVB]

@@joephillips6634 No it doesn't lol, it's a nitrogen fixer and grows in clumps so actually fixes soil and crowds out real weeds, it literally also fertilises the lawn for you. Killing White Clover is literally a meme started by lawn/pesticide companies who want people to buy expensive fertilisers rather than just letting White Clover do it's thing. White Clover used to be ADDED to lawns on purpose for it's soil fixing, and fertilising properties before the lawn pesticide and fertilising products came out.

[@joephillips6634]

@@KironVB As someone who has white clover in his lawn and dogs, I can assure you that it becomes a mess and is not preferable to grass. I don't care about the soil, I care about the muddy mess

[@lisap1776]

THANK YOU, SCOTT!

[@westvalley411]

Nice job. Short and sweet. Thumbs up

[@robertleannperry2498]

The people that want clover in their grass don't know what a lawn is.

[@2Greenlid]

I want a grass yard, not clover, maybe for borders or as a compliment, but not random messes in my grass!

[@hankgoodwin202]

People should grow more clover it helps lawn plus brings in good bees !!

[@ninetyninerising9482]

I have to agree with you hank. Clover is a great, versatile plant. It fixes nitrogen which can help fertilize the yard. They are also low growing cover crops that stay short, unlike red clover or dandelions, making them easy to manage. Imo they are a great addition to any yard, just mow them like regular grass

[@laurabrandenburg414]

I have clover in areas that I want to save and I have clover smothering my lilies, so that clover has to go. I have bee and butterflies areas.]

[@datplaybeezy]

@@laurabrandenburg414 same. I keep it around the tulips and other stressed areas. Have plenty more places for the pollinators. Just enjoy my little lawn.

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Yes, this is an ignorant video that wages war against biodiversity and promotes the myth of monoculture.

[@arlieadams5798]

I'd love to!!!! but if my child gets hurt I go into war mode...and that's not good for anyone

[@Clarke2316]

My huge lawn is now 90% white clover 🙈 I need to do this ASAP

[@SeaJay_Oceans]

Add more white clover seeds. You want to rid your lawn of dead and dull grass blades. The field of flowers is a real treat to bees and other pollinators. Enjoy your symbol of success and wealth: Fields of Clover are good fortune and a Blessing.

[@Spagghet]

A weed less lawn is a symbol of hard work and is also good luck. Kill all clover wherever you see it and plant Kentucky blue grass. Namaste 🙏

[@jester9159]

@@Spagghet "Kill all 'x' " and "Namaste" in the same sentence. Your irony is greatly appreciated. :P

[@KimEllis-kt8ei]

Yeah, I haven't really noticed it much in past years, but the last week this year suddenly the whole front and back yard is full of it. Just got rid of all the dandelion last month and now I'm covered in White Clover.

[@gerry.shafer6101]

Never. Heard. Of. Top. Shot. !!

[@AHD2105]

Why would you ever get rid of clover? It draws nutrients from the air into the soil, and supports bees and other insects. Also it only needs mowing between 2-4 times per year Also keeps lawns green during dry seasons.

[@MidIslandCustomDiecast]

It's ugly...

[@missneat862]

If your allergic to it .

[@arlieadams5798]

I've recently expanded my fenced in area to play for my children and I would prefer if they didn't sit on a honey bee....for both their well beings.

[@ebazileyes1475]

Your before grass now turns into a clover 🍀 grass

[@lisabutkiz1129]

Also, mine has burs. Pain in the butt

[@sharonlalli1414]

Clover is beautiful. People should stop thinking green. Too many benefits for keeping it

[@MidIslandCustomDiecast]

Would some like trimec or triad select be better, worse or similar to a straight 2,4-D amine?

[@ArcanePath360]

Why are there so many videos about it in the lawn? I don't have in my lawn it's taking over my flower beds and all round by pond. Nothing else grows there now because they've completely taken over!

[@keyantecoleman1043]

I hate the white clover literally have 4-5 patches on my lawn that I’m struggling to get rid of my front yard already does not look commercial and the white clover is larger than in height than my actual grass living near a cow field is no help either

[@gujaraticanadian]

Wait, do you have to wear protective gears to spray pesticides?? God save me

[@STroB]

wtf? Have I been asleep? Since when are clovers bad or pests? Don't clovers absorb nitrogen from air and spread it in the soil for other plants?

[@longbunly]

Yes you are right! Who the hell wanna remove clover from their yard? 😂

[@arlieadams5798]

so my children don't sit on a honey bee and get stung

[@christinemoyce4766]

Yes, they are pretty to look at and probably eatable, which I will look into. I love dandilion leaves for my tea and salades. I will transplant some clovers into my wild sections in the garden, but not in my lawn. No, thank you. I live in London, and although the pidgeons love the clovers and I've let them feast on them for a few weeks, but now its my time to take my lawn back. The pidgeons leave poo droppings the size of bjg slugs, and I want to do my 'earthing and grounding' in bare feet with a lot less poo's to tip toe through.. It's each having a garden that we enjoy being in. so its each to their own choices. That's what makes for individual happiness. 🎉

[@hasonpoy]

Why on earth do people want to get rid of clover? It's one of the preferred plants for bees, it nitrogenates the soil, helps to prevent crabgrass, requires less mowing, is edible, and the list goes on. I'm adding white clover to my lawn.

[@nickoreckless8115]

Because I own a golf driving range and don’t want that rubbish anywhere near my grass including the stupid bees you can keep em for your self

[@arlieadams5798]

kids...bees...you get the point

[@KironVB]

Literally because of pesticide/lawn industry propaganda. It's a nitrogen fixer that fertilises your lawn, grows in clumps so fixes soil and crowds out actual weeds. Lawn companies used to add White Clover on purpose because it's a key part to any healthy lawn. When they brought out industrial fertilisers and pesticides, they realised they had products to a problem that didn't exist, hence, the propaganda campaign to make White Clover, "a weed" despite these same companies just a few years before had all lawn mixtures 5% Clover seed because of it's extremely positive properties.

[@cameronrowe1123]

Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing to livestock

[@arlieadams5798]

@@azicc817 I still stand by my original response about the bees and kids......however I have a buddy who came out and helped put up a fence and made the comment several times about brining his wife over (who would be pissed) because I don't have an ounce of crab grass in my yard...BUT I have an over abundance of white clover and my grass is not dead....ALSO maybe it's due to the different regions and soil. My ground is up to four foot deep in clay (I stopped digging after that and did raised garden beds)...but yea I'm still unsure if I want to keep it (at least maybe not in the fenced in area)

[@bluejaytc4520]

I love my clover lawn! Can't imagine why anyone would try to get rid of it! Please, save the environment and don't use these chemicals!

[@leeroy1050]

Its toxic to my cats who keep trying to eat it

[@thefpvlife7785]

Fyi ... That cockroach photo in your logo doesn't help you gain new customers.

[@jameswiggle]

why would anyone want to get rid of clover

[@l.a.glover9172]

Why would you want to get rid of clover??? I am over seeding my lawn with it.

[@couchrider6228]

I don’t need no stinking clover!

[@jamesarnold6059]

My last dog of a cancer linked to pesticides. That crap should be banned.

[@JohnDoe-ze5ng]

Clovers > grass

[@christophersoren1768]

Do not remove clover

[@southsideshenanigans]

How come ? Just curious new home owner here

[@kimberlyellinger6289]

@@southsideshenanigans it's beneficial to the soil and it's edible and very healthy for you! You can eat the leaves and flower heads raw or make tea etc 😊

[@Zoetropeification]

@@southsideshenanigans Clover attracts butterflies and other pollinators. It fixes nitrogen levels in the soil. Plus looking for four leaf clover give the kids something to do.

[@southsideshenanigans]

Thanks for the replies I’m leaving the clover patches. I kinda like how they look as long as they’re not the entire lawn. The bees like me 🐝

[@Spagghet]

Not everyone lives in the same growing area. Clover doesn’t flower where I live and is a major invasive species. Kill it all with the harshest chemicals you can find:

[@thenmgarden6471]

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