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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5869120" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>Depends on what your goals are...</p><p></p><p>For me, on plots I'm planning on replanting in the summer to build soil, I go 50lbs wheat, 5lbs clover (if 2 varieties of clover I go 3lbs plus 3lbs), 5lbs brassicas per acre. That gives me enough clover from Feb thru May that the deer can't overbrowse (on larger plots). On microplots (half acre or less), I double drill at an angle, so I'm doubling the seeding rate because of the excess browse pressure on the tiny plots).</p><p></p><p>If I'm wanting a lush clover plot I'm not going to replant the following summer, I go 40lbs wheat plus 10lbs single variety clover. I've never mixed 2 varieties of clover when I'm going for a dense stand, but I suppose I'd go 12lbs clover (6lbs of each).</p><p></p><p>Now this is with a drill. I suspect you would need to roughly double seeding rates if broadcast.</p><p></p><p>Once the clover is established and reseeding itself, I drill right thru it in the fall with the original recipie. It's probably a waste of the clover seed, but it saves me from having to remix a new blend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5869120, member: 2805"] Depends on what your goals are... For me, on plots I'm planning on replanting in the summer to build soil, I go 50lbs wheat, 5lbs clover (if 2 varieties of clover I go 3lbs plus 3lbs), 5lbs brassicas per acre. That gives me enough clover from Feb thru May that the deer can't overbrowse (on larger plots). On microplots (half acre or less), I double drill at an angle, so I'm doubling the seeding rate because of the excess browse pressure on the tiny plots). If I'm wanting a lush clover plot I'm not going to replant the following summer, I go 40lbs wheat plus 10lbs single variety clover. I've never mixed 2 varieties of clover when I'm going for a dense stand, but I suppose I'd go 12lbs clover (6lbs of each). Now this is with a drill. I suspect you would need to roughly double seeding rates if broadcast. Once the clover is established and reseeding itself, I drill right thru it in the fall with the original recipie. It's probably a waste of the clover seed, but it saves me from having to remix a new blend. [/QUOTE]
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