Hi - anyone suggest a way of killing clover from a lawn?
thanks from chris

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Hi - anyone suggest a way of killing clover from a lawn?
thanks from chris


Nitrogen - clover only thrives in low nitrogen so feed that lawn!

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Hi - anyone suggest a way of killing clover from a lawn?
thanks from chris

A lawn weedkiller like Verdone will see it off. Then as David says, keep the
lawn well fed and hopefully it shouldn't come back.

Or alternatively, save your money and enjoy the clover. Clover fixes
nitrogen and in an organic lawn is a good companion for grass. I'm actively
encouraging clover to spread and my daughters (and the local birdlife) like
the little white flowers (OK, so I don't mow that often either ;-) ).

I never have managed to get any red clover to establish though. If anyone
has any tips, drop me a line.

Paul DS.

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 09:01:00 +0100, "Paul D.Smith"
wrote:

Or alternatively, save your money and enjoy the clover. Clover fixes
nitrogen and in an organic lawn is a good companion for grass. I'm actively
encouraging clover to spread and my daughters (and the local birdlife) like
the little white flowers (OK, so I don't mow that often either ;-) ).

Isn't clover brilliant!
I have a whopping great circular patch of it in my 'lawn', and I find
I tend to 'manage' this patch like a miniature crop - letting it
flower then cutting it back to allow it to come up again.
On a sunny day the clover patch is brimming with bees and other
insects, and the lush, moist green leaves set the dry white flowers
off to perfection.

I never have managed to get any red clover to establish though. If anyone
has any tips, drop me a line.

I've only ever had the white variety - but just a few weeks back I
noticed an unusually large red clover-like flower in one of the beds.
The blooms are at least three times the size of a standard clover, and
I have no idea how it got there ( packet of mixed annuals from last
year perchance? ). I'm not inclined to remove it either, the clover
bloom is a truly fascinating flower up close.

Regards,



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