Tips For Frost Seeding Clover

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[@HandgunnerMike]

Crazy weather! They are opening the golf courses in north central Iowa! I guess it’s okay to frost seed some clover tomorrow and do some other projects! Thanks, Jeff!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It sure is Mike...enjoy! Man, golf...that is crazy for this time of the year!

[@user-cf8rc7ju6o]

HiJeff, I'll be frost seeding your clover blend over a small hunting plot I planted with your dual threat last year next week.....the plot should be awesome this year. Thanks for the video!

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

That sounds perfect Bill!! Can't wait to see it 😊👍 We are excited for ours this year too! Have a great weekend my friend!

[@drewharman1690]

Have a small hunting plot where the topsoil was scraped off when they cut the timber! Plowed yesterday going to plant in spring and then spray with round up! Going to plant a few apple trees as well

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Nice Drew what a great time to do so right now!! Enjoy it all...

[@Wsg19dark]

I just frost seeded clover in Northern PA about a week ago into about a 1/4 acre fall plot of oats and rye. The oats are all yellowed out now and I seeded the clover into it. Does it make sense to mow and spray imox this upcoming weekend or is it too early for that? I can always imox again if weeds get in but trying to understand when to mow/spray. Appreciate any help you can provide, great vids!

[@diywhitetails8019]

Ive frost seeded switchgrass into a tilled up field that was corn last year. I plan to plant soybeans next to the switchgrass later this spring. Can I still spray simmazone with the switchgrass seed already on the ground?

[@ala5831]

My plots are full of winter weeds. Chickweed I think. They were in brassicas. Wanted to seed some clover but its all green from weeds.

[@boyceball]

Great videos Jeff, I just frost seeded my switch. When would be the best time to apply simazene in north central Minnesota. Based on this crazy weather.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Boy it is different this year! Anytime in March is fine for you...mid to late March would be ideal.

[@angelopedretti83]

I love my earthway! Every land manager should have one. I should get out there tomorrow.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It's that time Angelo 😊

[@robertboston9778]

Jeff, that plot is much like mine - surrounded by big woods and not to wide. Mine get covered in matted leaves, yours look clean did you do anything to remove leaves or just get lucky? 😉

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Robert! On one side we have a interior woods road ..a creek on the other side and low brush with just a couple of trees on the 3rd side. On the 4th side we cut trees back for sunlight. It gets a few leaves but definitely not as surrounded as it may look. A leaf blower in the spring works wonders with plots like yours tho! And when it gets covered by leaves after it grows, deer can still get to the forage

[@joshny4766]

Hey Jeff. I planted some duel threat 365 last year and it worked out great. Just so I understand correctly, I could frost seed your drought attack and that would be a safe bet to fill in gaps and boost clover?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Josh! Since you already have the clover established last Fall, I would just add the Perennial Plot Power. It will be nursed by the established portion and you are just filling in the holes 😊 Cheaper too! I like the drought attack if you want to establish a brand new clover plot this Spring.

[@joshny4766]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks Jeff!

[@jonread5961]

Thanks Jeff. I am looking to frost seed some clover on the plot I did last year in Power Greens here in Maine. Do you think it too early in Central Maine for frost seeding clover? I was watching a video by Dr. Wood and his point was that it we got a really cold snap, which can happen in Maine this time of year, it would kill the new sprouts of clover coming up. Thoughts on this? Thanks.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Hi Jon...it takes a lot to germinate the clover....we are far from the clover germinating yet! Definitely a great time to do so 😊👍

[@jonread5961]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Excellent. Thanks for getting back to me. I will throw some seed this week.

[@bottoms35]

Jeff, I have a question. I'm in SW Virginia. I normally have good success with my food plots, however, my question is how are you able to get your brassica's, radishes etc to grow soo big, with the foliage soo tall? My farm is 37 acres and at any given time there may be deer eating grass in my yard, or traveling by my cabin to their bedding areas, which happens to go right by my box stand and food plot. I fertilze before planting and lime if necessary. But my brassicas never get as big as what I see in your videos, or other's videos. Do you think it's because the deer start feeding on them as soon as they start growing? Should I try to fence the deer out, until the plots are up high enough to allow the deer access to them?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Brassicas are not very browse tolerant in any way. They are better than beans, but they are not great. The answer is typically more acres and/or fewer does. Sometimes if summer food is there it can really hurt you too.

[@bottoms35]

Thanks for your reply. I'll keep that in mind for my late summer/early fall sowings. Pat

[@rhinogames9856]

What is it you like about trefoil

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Diversity, very shade tolerant, can take high moisture levels and is an offset to alfalfa. While both can grow in a broad range...trefoil with excel in wetter ground, alfalfa does great with its tap root in drier soils. I like the chicory for an overall nurse crop during summer drought. Did a huge amount of experimenting over 20 years ago with all of this. Brings me back to my roots 😁 I combined a lot of chicory trefoil and alfalfa in my mixes back in the day. Different varieties and amounts per acre. Fun to infuse that experience into my own blends!

[@Bleas128]

Should you use the herbicides now or wait for the clover to grow.

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

It depends on if the ground has had some weed control on it, or not already. You don't want to plant without some level of weed control...

[@Bleas128]

@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 it has not, have some clover growing from last year but a lot of grass right now. I will kill the grass then seed the clover

[@unodostres9014]

Is there anything I can spray that will kill weeds but won't kill the rye grain and clover?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You want to kill the rye grain in the clover. ...I use Clethodim. That will kill the grass. If it's pure clover, you can also use 2-4D to kill broadleafs.

[@travisskinner6114]

24DB

[@Ryana680]

Do you ever hunt your clover plots in morning?

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

Occasionally I do...they are small enough and away from the big food sources that it makes them great pass thru plots to go to bedding areas or cruising bucks during the rut.

[@kurtpearson2793]

First

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

YEP!! Have a great weekend Kurt!

[@randyh.6019]

sorry Jeff but poor advice for s.e. Mn. frost seeding before the 15th of march is bad! seeding in January or February, getting a warm spell the seed germinating and starting to green up then a hard freeze hits and its dead or really struggles to survive setting it back for the year. Probably wont happen this year but will 7 out of 10 will

[@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751]

You must be dealing with other issues. Clover does not germinate until around 40 degrees. It takes a LOT of warmth to get the soil to warm up to 40 degrees. Been frost seeding around here, into WI, the UP of MI and southern MI for literally 30 years. Even published work and success in quality whitetails for the QDMA 20 years ago. It's a great time right now. Sorry to come down hard but I don't want folks to take your info and use it...which is the reason I have the channel, to fight bad info. Again tho...your plantings had to have other issues.