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Good types of clover for lawns?
On 28/07/2014 13:18, AL_n wrote:
Hello comrades, I'm not a lawn expert, but I've noticed that some parts of my lawn resist drying out during summer droughts. These areas have a lot of clover mixed in with the grass - so I assume the clover that is beneficent factor. Is this because the clover leaves shield the underlying soil and grass from the sun's rays? If so, I'd like to add some extra clover to the areas of lawn that don't have any clover. What is a good strain of clover for this purpose? I'd like to buy some seed and just cast it over my lawn in the hope that some of it will germinate and take root. I've used something called Eco-Lawn seed in the past, which contains something they call micro-clover. This clover just has leaves that are about half the size of common clover. I don't know what the actual strain is. If anyone knows, I'd be glad to know. Many thanks, Al You would have to wait for cooler, moister weather, but one way would be to cut a turf of your clover lawn and swap it with a turf of your un-clovered lawn. Once established, the clover would soon colonise the plain grassy areas. Another way would be to mow without the grass collection box (again, when the ground is reliably moist). You should find that the clover fragments root into the turf and establish. This is what happens with my lawn when I leave the grass box off. -- Spider. On high ground in SE London gardening on heavy clay |
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Good types of clover for lawns?
Spider wrote in :
You would have to wait for cooler, moister weather, but one way would be to cut a turf of your clover lawn and swap it with a turf of your un-clovered lawn. Once established, the clover would soon colonise the plain grassy areas. Another way would be to mow without the grass collection box (again, when the ground is reliably moist). You should find that the clover fragments root into the turf and establish. This is what happens with my lawn when I leave the grass box off. That's interesting. I will have to try that, rather than fork out good money for seed. Al |
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