Symbol of luck, white clover is no longer a ‘weed’ and considered as a useful plant: Used as a cover crop, grass replacement, green manure, decorative ground cover, attractive to honey bees, with edible and medicinal uses. Ball clover is an excellent honey plant, and bees show a strong preference for it over other true clovers. Berseem clover plants are also quite attractive in … Ball Clover: Ball clover is a low-growing winter annual clover. Coating seeds with clay also protects them from being washed away by rain or eaten by birds. Red clover lives only two years, growing quickly in spring and subsiding in winter. The plant is said to have originated from a wild strain native to Syria, Lebanon and Israel which is now extinct. As a forage crop, red clover is seeded in spring sometimes alone and sometimes with a companion crop such as oats. Berseem clover is a non-bloating, winter annual that does well in South Georgia. Balansa Clover: Balansa clover is a cold-tolerant annual clover … Overall, ball clover appeared to have the most complete set of favorable attributes in this environment (i.e. In the proper growing environment, ladino clover can persist for four to five years, particularly in northern climates. Red clover is used as forage, soil improvement and cover crop. The seeding rate for Ball clover is 2-3 lbs per acre broadcast. Berseem Clover. Seed costs per acre are usually lower, management entails only one species, and crop growth ... Ball clover Trifolium nigrescens 0.25 -0.5 2 -4 09/15 - 11/30 09/15 - 11/30 Plant on soils with good moisture, does not have good drought tolerance. Cut for hay just before seedheads are formed or immediately after seeds are harvested. During early spring surface soil moisture is usually more favorable for seed germination. The plant is not tolerant of extreme heat or cold but thrives in moderately dry to extremely wet regions. To use red clover as a cover crop, the plant is sown in late summer or early fall. Grazer, Select and Don are the recommended Ball clover varieties. Ball clover (Trifolium nigrescens Viv.) Re: Ball Clover Post by 1982vett » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:07 am We have gotten rain the last two weekends.....Last week (Tuesday - Thursday) I "ran hard" fertilizing, cutting in fertilizer and planting … Seed balls make it easier to plant seeds, especially if you're sowing small seeds that are difficult to see and handle. Companion plants: Crimson clover, white clover, ball clover, wild winter peas, annual lespedeza, and sericea. Growing and planting white clover is easy and requires minimal attention. Management: Do not graze during the establishment year. If not cut or grazed, ball clover stems can grow up to 3 feet and are prostrate to partially erect, often forming a thick mat. This prevents using ball clover for hay and makes harvesting seed difficult unless it is grazed before flowering. Planting warm season species in the early spring can help avoid this problem. Red Clover – Red clover is a cool-season legume that is classified as a biennial with a two-year lifespan, but with proper management it can persist for three or more years in the mid-South and northern states. Graze and mow only to control competitive grasses and weeds until a complete sod is formed. Ball clover has Grazer’s Select and Don are currently the only varieties of ball clover available. It has excellent reseeding ability. Use one finished seed ball per small container, or use the balls to plant … Planting, management, and termination of a monotypic stand is easier when compared to a mixture. It resembles intermediate white clover. S. E. McGregor U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ball clover produces yellow-white flowered seed heads that look similar to white clove and has long, branched stems. A strong preference for it over other true clovers the establishment year bees. 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