Crimson Clover Cover Crop 

Indeed. In the Southeast, the Crimson clover comes on and flowers in mid-late March, interseeding it with an annual like ryegrass is also beneficial for the soils. As a lawn however in my area (Zone 8) it's done for by May-June, but yes, quite beautiful in my opinion.

Please let us know how it went. Facebook sites "Carolina Cover Crop Connection" and "Everything Cover Crops" would benefit from any of your experiences, good or bad.

Aloha from South Carolina. I'd densinitely try to see what clover may work/be available in Hawaii, but if you need to get stuff from the mainland, I'd recommend Green Cover Seed who have a really nice website and a cover crop seed design tool that suggests mixes, rates etc.

Very different situation, but the principles hold the same. Crimson clover would not necessarily behave like this in Minnesota of course so you'd want to look at other species. I would say the guys in South Dakota are doing a fantastic job in the no-till and cover crop realm, and if you wanted to find out more that is pertinent to Minnesota, speak to some of the folks in eastern and maybe central SD.

I've planted crimson clover in the middle of October and by April it was over knee high...here in alabama

Not as far as I know, however they allow grazing in the clover cover. I am not sure what the effect of cutting would be on the clover, but I am sure this is a common practice. My main concern would be to ensure that enough aboveground biomass remains.

Fernando, you may want to see if you can contact Scott by email, last I heard was he was still working for the University of Georgia Extension. Thanks

This is quite an old video. I would suggest you look at multiple species and not just the crimson. There's a great tool on GreenCoverSeed (I am sure its not unique) that will help you calculate your seed rates based on how many species you use. I don't recommend single species, but you'b be looking at maybe 8-16 lb (?) is you only used crimson.

Optimum germination temps are around 70 degrees, I would say you want to plant in September and the very latest October. As far as reseeding is concerned, I don't know how well Crimson will do in Zone 6. What you may want to do is see if there are other varieties that do well there and try a few strips of each. Greencoiverseed.com has a smartmix calculator that may give you some idea of the attributes of different seed varieties. Hope this helps

squarecracker kneeling down. Only clover that can grow that tall is balansa clover and maybe red on a good day.

He's on his knees back on his butt

squarecracker lol me too

In the Southeast (say GA and SC) best time to plant is late September into mid-October (adjust that for latitude). No-till drill is best for seed to soil contact. This video was done a long time ago and I'd recommend planting a mix rather than a single species. Having said that, this single species cover did work well in the grazing and corn situation, but you want to consider it a fist step into the move toward increased diversity.

+Karen Sheehan you till it in to the ground dum as.

Jeff, before you insult someone, maybe you should understand what it is they're asking, else you run the risk of looking dumb yourself, which, in this case, is exactly what you did. Karen't isn't asking for a method that people can use to terminate something (which also tilling doesn't guarantee plant termination either), she's asking the people, who made the video, a very specific question, on how THEY did it. Not once did the video mention tilling as the form of termination. He DOES mention strip tilling, but all that is is a machine going through the already terminated cover crop and making a line in the dirt so that very same machine can drop cash crop seeds down into it, and then covering that strip back up. It leaves everything else alone. This question was actually answered about a year ago, and not sure if it came before or after Karen's question. And I quote: "for a cover like clover conventional farmers typically use herbicides - a contact rather than systemic herbicide is preferred. With most multispecies cover crops farmers like to use a roller crimper. See "Under Cover Farmers"" Now, when they say "crimper", this doesn't mean tilling either, in case you didn't know. Crimping is a form of laying the crop down... this would be the "bend it over" Karen mentions.

+Mars Rover for a cover like clover conventional farmers typically use herbicides - a contact rather than systemic herbicide is preferred. With most multispecies cover crops farmers like to use a roller crimper. See "Under Cover Farmers"

Robert Lane , I think that's a good question - I must say that since i met with Scott, I've never seen anyone keep their clover long enough to reseed in the fall. Usually guys around here (SC and GA) will terminate mid March to Mid April and then plant. The tendency of a lot of the guys here has been to wait as long as possibly for biomass to grow, but they need to balance that against soil moisture. The last two years it seems like it just quit raining around the end of April. While Scott shows off a wonderful Crimson Clover cover, we do think it's a good idea to throw a grass (e.g., Cosak oats, rye) and maybe a few other broadleafs (like radish or forage rape if it's not too far gone in the season) - this may balance your spider-mite situation and the crimson clover may be a good hos species on its own. Scott Utley is still at the University of Georgia extension in Tifton, so it may be worth calling or e-mailing him, and I'd be interested if you could share what you learned from him.

Will do. Thanks for the feedback, Buz.

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What I don't understand is why he was bragging about not having any soil structure, we need that aggregation.

where can I get Red Clover seed to purchest

Ed Blindauer I believe it’s called mowing

banding pyrethroids (adding it in with the seeding I am guessing, or applying it in bands)

On the day I filmed this, I saw cattle in the pasture, however this was a decade ago and I would no recommend a monoculture cover crop today. However before putting cattle onto a cool season cover, especially early on in the spring, I'd get with someone who has grazed covers and check on the precautions they use to avoid thing s like grass tetany etc. What I do know is that the folks who have successfully done this find that grazing covers makes a lot of financial success.

Yes indeed, I get the big bucks from them! I'd encourage you to look at some of the more recent work we have done in "Under Cover farmers", "The Science of Soil Health" and "Merit or Myth" in RU-vid. Merit or Myth and Soil Health Labs are also social media outlets we manage in Facebook and (I think) Twitter.

+Erik Charles go play with your blocks and let men do the real work .

it's people like you the reason why the rebs lost

Yup. Did this about 8 years ago, was enamored with background music...guilty as charged. Hope you get the message any way.

I do, thank you.