'Silvester' - Large Leaved White Clover Seed

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

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.

Click here to read a Teagasc document on White Clover.