Organic White Clover Seed - Large Leaf

Large Leaved White Clover Seed (Trifolium repens)

White clover is one of the most beneficial legumes in farming. Due to its creeping growth habit it can spread itself around and fill gaps in pastures and will last many years. Medium leaved varieties have a good balance of persistence and yield. Mixture of small and medium leaf varieties is recommended for sheep and cattle grazing. Mixture of medium and large leaf varieties is recommended for grazing cattle and for silage.

Special Features:

• N-fixer, good growth.
• Also good for grazing and silage.
• Is a pollen and nectar source so very good for bees.
• Excellent long-term green manure. It has good frost tolerance and once established can last from 2-5 years.
• Good weed suppressant as it produces a fair amount of foliage and is able to fix nitrogen.

Management:

• Seed can be sown between March and September.  If sowing in the autumn, aim to sow by mid September.
• White clover does not like very acidic soil but will grow down to ph 5.6.
• A very firm seed bed is required as white clover seeds are small and benefit from shallow sowing at around 10mm

Click here to read a Teagasc document on White Clover.

Did you know?

• White Clover is the engine in many fields, with millions of plants working 24 hours a day.
• It is the most flexible forage legume, providing reliable production for grazing as well as for silage.
• Due to the large acreage grown, it is, without doubt, the most generous provider of home-grown protein underpinning soil fertility strategies for dairy, sheep and beef producers.
• White clover has high protein content at around 27%.
• Most nitrogen is fixed during the later stages of growth; therefore early defoliation restricts nitrogen fixation.