Food Plots Arrowleaf clover

[buckaroo]

Anyone tried it? Is it any better than the rest?

 

[BSK]

I would put it below crimson (annual clover) and below some of the more popular perennial clovers (such as red or ladino) in preference, but it has some unique properties, which is why I used it in my plots for years. It grows quite tall in late spring (forms sort of a bush about 3-4 feet tall). This allows it to grow up above many grasses and weeds. In addition, although it is an annual, it doesn't bloom and die back until around the 4th of July. That's a long growing season for an annual clover - from the time it germinates in fall through the first half of the summer.

I used it in fall mixes where I was not planning on trying to grow a warm season crop. This produced just a month to a month and a half where I had nothing growing in the plot for deer (July to mid-August, when I would plant the fall plots again). Arrowleaf also does quite well in poor soils. I used it in "spray/broadcast/mow" planting techniques in old soil-less log-loading decks, and it did great. Eventually all that spraying and mowing over the years produced some nice topsoil. Thin topsoil, but fairly good topsoil.

 

[buckaroo]

Thanks, I'm planting ladino and crimson, I suppose I may try one year

 

[Old_Doc_Brown]

Wanted to bump this thread. Where have you all gotten your seed?