Scott that is beautiful. We used to have a few in the pastures, but now mostly perennial white clover, Ladino.

Why pull it? I thought the nodules of nitrogen on the roots was very beneficial to leave in the soil.

Another question: How do you seed it in the fields and when?

Beautiful - I'm hoping to plant it this October. If you have any tips for the clover I'd sure appreciate them.

I plant it in my beds to keep out weeds over the winter and to provide more organic matter. I pull it up when I plant my peppers and tomatoes, and then use the pulled plants as mulch. When I remove the tomato and pepper plants around Labor Day, I incorporate the dried clover plants into the soil and then plant clover over it again for the next winter.

I suggest planting it at the end of Sept or early Oct, depending on soil moisture. I just mow short and broadcast it in the field. It is easy to grow and is very cheap when bought in 50lb sacks of seeds. This fall I will likely start another thread about it and see if anyone wants to share some seed in the Tulsa area. There are some old threads that talked about it, also.

But does it attract deer? Years ago we planted our garden to a winter covercrop. Winter rye and vetch, I think or maybe winter peas. We only have a one tier fence of woven wire and the deer jumped right over that and ate on our cover crop for much of the winter. Then after we tilled it in they ate peas, lettuce, beans.

You're obviously rural too. Are deer a problem there? Or do you have a deer proof fence?

Well, we do have deer sleeping in our yard during the winter, but this time of year I guess they have so much to eat that they don't come near the house. We don't have fences anywhere, but the dog will keep them from coming right up to the house. I'm thinking that if there wasn't so much else to eat down away from the house that it probably would attract them up to here.

I thought about seed red clover this year, but had no idea it was so pretty! I think I'll definitely be growing it next year. I saw some in a median a couple of days ago and wondered what it was. I think you're right that, if more people knew what it looked like, they would be jumping to plant it.

-Megan

This one is crimson clover. (That is probably what you meant, but just in case you didn't,...) The red clovers are perennials and haven't flowered yet for me here.

Two more things:

First, the clover did indeed come on like crazy this week and is absolutely beautiful, as good as ever. Before I said I didn't think the stand was as good but I just didn't wait long enough.

Second, when I was pulling up the clover out of the beds tonight, I noticed a LOT of aphids in there. That made me decide to not use it as mulch right now, but compost it instead. Last year I had aphid problems in beds where I left some thick red clover scattered between plants and this got me wondering if the clover contributed to it. I will have to stop recommending using it as mulch.

very nice. i can say that in spring 2021 a 50lb bag of seed was about $80-90 and then about 4 months later the price jumped 60%. not sure if it is a supply chain issue or what. photo is of backyard after 4 weeks of planting.