How To Get Rid Of Clover In Your Lawn 

I know I’m getting old when instead of action movies, video games, chasing girls, I’m genuinely excited and interested in lawn care maintenance over everything else I could be doing on my day off lol

3:21 Talks about clover removal

I love seeing clover in the lawn and all the bees that can benefit from it!

I was thinking this would be a useless information video but being a farmer I'm very impressed with the way you explained this in basic terms. well done😀

Oh, glad you cleared that up! When the Scott's company found a way to eliminate clover from their grass seed formula, they had to convince the public that clover was bad for lawns. So by the 1960's, after an aggressive ad campaign, people identified clover as a weed. Knowledgeable gardeners know, however, that though a clover free lawn may look pretty, clover is actually beneficial, and much easier to maintain.

This flowed like an episode of "Burn Notice." 1) Cold open 2) Miami Tourism video 3) Main program

Stumbled across one of your videos and I was hooked!!! Lol. There's nothing like a nice looking lawn. Your videos are very informative and great quality. I already subscribed and look forward to seeing more of what you have to offer.

I enjoyed this video. You did an awesome job! Can definitely tell you did a LOT of work to get all those great shots. Very entertaining :)

Love the videos, they're very informative and entertaining, I'm glad I stumbled across your channel.

My wife rolls her eyes everytime I watch one of your videos, lol

My kind of guy. "So you want to start a little competition, do ya? Ooooookay, here we go."

Dude, you got me. Subscribed. Great video's. Been watching all morning while the wife yells "would you go get something done ???" Told her "but honey, I'm working on the lawn". Somehow she's not buying it. (lol)

Okay, so I was wondering when you were going to start talking about the lawn lol. However, I must admit it was very informative once you started your intro.

I seed microclover _with_ grass for my lawn. It looks beautiful!

You can stick the hose end down in the solution and that will prevent most of the bubbles from forming. I love your channel!!!

Upthumbed only for the advice and execution of sprayer use and chemistry logic, but I'll use that to deal with every other thing except clover. I've got a patch that goes to flower almost every week, while surrounding grass is still not so high as to need mowing 2.5" or so. Point is it's helpful to support bees, goes along with other pollinator-friendly plants I've got going here. Plus it looks great, and the mowed-off leaves are a huge nitrogen additive to the whole lawn.

My wife: where’s the baby 👶🏽 shampoo 🛁 Me: 😬

Over the weekend had some friends over for the Derby, and we went around the room asking who we would have invited, dead or alive, to invite over have a mint julep and enjoy the race with.. People were saying like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abe Lincoln, Dean Martin.. I said the Lawn Care Nut LOL.

Already dominating but I need to step up my game. Good tip - cerfactent.

Thanks for the vid. Can't wait to try it on my clovers. This rain has been nuts, almost feels like we're stuck in spring!

A like and a subscribe for the great sense of humour. Keep up the good work! great video.

I've just planted white and red clover in my yard, along with centipede, bermuda & zoysia. Something is bound to grow, heh. Actually, although they're young, they all seem to be starting out strong.

Looking good Allyn !!! ; ) And your grass looks GREAT!!

Hello from Australia! Love your channel and thanks for the great tips... I have been battling with clover and have since switch from applying with a watering can to using a pump sprayer, adding a surfactant and spraying with a fine mist! It has worked well. Any advise on helping the lawn recover in the treated areas? The lawn has become thin and lazy in the treated areas.. i feel this is from over applying with the watering can.

I have a nice lawn and I actually purchase clover to seed my lawn with and the white dutch clover looks good to me and the farmers/Bee's love it. I thought clover was a flower anyway. I know bee population needs help. I only spot spray weeds. Works for me. Thank you for the tips from your videos.

skip to 6:06 when he actually starts

Lol the strips...your neighbor snuck them in while you were gone 😂...but damn your lawn is so much darker...nice

This year has been crazy with clovers

Good vid ans I love your Toro Mower but I have to point out some issues, 1* WEAR A MASK/ RESPIRATOR if you can small the fragrance of the baby shampoo then you are also breathing in the chemicals you used on your clover, wetting agents also work as an absorbing agent for your skin and lungs 2* Fine mist spraying is perfect for clover application but depending on the active ingredient of the product used you just contaminated your shoes and clothes, Surfactant's work for and against you. I have worked on golf courses for 7 + years and know 1st hand the dangers of improper precautions for even then simplest jobs

why do you bag your grass clippings?

Wow... Baby shampoo?? Brilliant. Gonna do that this weekend. Been driving me nuts watching the stuff bead on the clover... I wish I found this channel a year ago... I would be dominating now... Gonna take so much patience to get my pristine lawn back. Keep up the good entertaining work.

@The Lawn Care Nut. Thank you for sharing this! This has worked great on my new Kentucky Bluegrass in the mid-west. However, I notice that it's only killing to top layers and leaves of the bindweed and not getting to the roots. Should I reapply after a week later after I cut since the first application? I know bindweed won't go away overnight, but I'm not sure how to prevent more from coming in after spraying.

I'm actually seeding clover in my yard this year. It's a natural nitrogen-fixing plant and will help your lawn keep out the nastier weeds.

lol the neighbor's lawn is embarrassing in their lines and color. I know this video is almost a year old, but your lawn looks awesome! Great job! I'm working on mine so videos like this is great, thanks!

Add a little dish washing liquid to penetrate the waxy clover leaf surface, just a little.

Awesome video as always man

Wow! This video took a long time to say mix some baby shampoo with your weed killer...

Hey Alan. Love the channel and all the tips. I am having a clover problem that I cannot seem to get rid of. Mainly in the back yard and there’s a lot more shade in the back. With it being August is it safe to spray or should I wait until fall.

Thanks for the video.Could I spray after I mow the lawn ? Having a lot of these White clovers popping out in my lawn this year and starting to take over.

uhmmm, i was told by the local garden store that white clover grass helps in the control of grubs, that eat the roots of grass, hence causing grass death (ugly dry patch)....

I laughed so hard at the neighbors stripes! nice try neighbor!!

Great tips and videos! I am avidly trying to compete down here in Texas. Love the style, what software do you use to edit and create these videos?

I can tell you watch a lot of that Casey guy from NYC...ha ha. Great videos though and loved the scenes from my birth city MIA!

I love this your style on this one! More videos like this!

your neighbor will be so happy you moved.

This is what I need exactly. Thanks

I actually plant clover in my backyard for the dogs. I have two Golden Retrievers and their urine kills my backyard grass instantly, so I noticed that the clover is unaffected and I researched it and decided to plant more clover. I reseeded the grass and applied clover to the bare spots, covered with peat moss lightly and watered twice a day for 2 weeks. The grass and clover both came in and the clover filled in the former dead spots and there isn't any more bare soil. My goal was to have a nice green place for the dogs to play and do their business and this worked for me. The clover looks nice after a 4' mowing and it feels soft when walked on. We have a sidewalk that supports most foot traffic but the dogs run all over and their urine doesn't seem to affect the white clover I planted. At $11 a pound, it wasn't expensive as 1lb goes a long way (1200 sq ft back yard)...

You never showed us what you used to kill the Clover leaf ??? WTF? is't the title of the video 'how' to get rid of Clover ??

Hell, I'm thinking about planting a big patch of clover and getting a bee hive.

Beautiful lawn sir. I like your video too, nicely done..

Another good home based surfactant is Dawn dishwashing liquid. It cuts thru some of the oils that some broad leaved weeds have for protecting the leaves from our herbicides. This oil can also slow evapotranspiration on hot days. Both the shampoo and Dawn make a good herbicide work much better.

DAWN dish washing liquid works best!

Good job, Lawn Care Nut ! Thanks for the details. Anyone who is a proponent of clover in their lawn should NOT even be on this site. Clover destroys the uniformity of a lawn, which is one of the most desirable things about a great looking lawn.

I am currently being dominated. It is interesting to see how my neighbor must be thinking. I am watching all of your videos. He will be very surprised come next spring!

Hey Allen, so do I'm about to attempt to get rid of creeping charlie and I've been watching your video's. Do I do the borax mix and then use this mixture? Also, do I do the same process every week or is one application of each enough? Thank you for the great video's and keep up the good work.

The domination you have over your neighbor is just obscene now. Looks awesome! Thanks for the great video as always!

Flexing on camera, looks like a snake swallowed a toad frog.LOL GREAT VIDEO AND HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD BIRTHDAY

This guy goes in at night and stares at himself in the mirror for hours lmao

That neighbor is throwing down the gauntlet! 😆

Actually clover is a good thing to have in your lawn; it crowds out actual weeds (before the invention of weed killers all lawn owners wanted and planted clover for it's ability to put nitrogen into the soil and it was the chemical companies who couldn't figure out how to kill broadleaf weeds without killing beneficial clover, too, that decided to claim clover was an undesireable weed so they could sell their product) like dandelions and crabgrass, produces wonderful food for the bees and other beneficial insects, puts a huge amount of the right kind of nitrogen into your soil without a penny out of your pocket, and holds up much better to drought and heat than lawn grasses. Plus the flowers are pretty and when you cut it along with your grass with a mulching lawnmower it feeds all the beneficial microbes in your soil which makes for a healthy turf over time. What you take out in lawn clippings you leave you put back in as mulch. And for those who claim it leaves piles of unsightly clumps of grass clippings all over, well I have an extremely by-the-book tidy normal-lawn guy next door who doesn't even know I never ever collect my grass in a bag (shh, don't tell him- he'd have a heart attack!) All he knows and wonders at is that even though he never sees me toiling endlessly over my yard it looks greener most of the time than his which he is always busy fiddling with. he doesn't ask and I don't mention it. I'll tell him when he asks...

I wish my who lawn was clover and not grass. Clover is beautiful, whimsical, and hearty. My Bermuda Grass is a pain in the ass.

After this application, how long do I have to wait before adding any normal granulated fertilizer?

We wouldn't want any flowers for the bees. Or nitrogen for the soil; it's better to pay for nitrogen.

The thing is, the neighbor challenged. You can't ever let them feel like they have a chance. It's one of the common laws of domination.

Thanks, going to do this tomorrow! It's about the only weed I still have in my lawn, I wondered why!

Great videos thanks for all the tips

Sir Factant! Killer of weeds! :-)

Why would you get rid of clover? It fixes nitrogen in the soil and when it flowers is beautiful. I mix red and white clover in with grass seed when I do lawns.

Hey Allyn I had to revisit this page from years ago as I have some clover popping up with my new seed. Can I use the borax as my surfactant?? I have borax mixed in a gallon from last years app to my creeping Charlie section. Thanks

You have some kick ass grass!. My neighbor always copy my techniques. Front lawn I don't mind but the back I had to put up a privacy fence

I'm glad I don't live next to you. Awesome lawn dude.

The thing about all your videos is that I have skip the first 4-5 minutes to get to the info.

Thanks for video,,,I'm afraid to spray my clover because last time were ever the clover were after I sprayed and the died it left brown spots...maybe wait till fall...any tips

Allyn, would it help when introducing the water into the mix if you used a funnel with a piece of tubing attached. Then you can set the funnel in the container with the tubing reaching down below the surface of the mix already in the bottle. So the water gets introduced below he surface and no splashing/bubbles. I haven't tired this was just thinking it might work as I watched the video.

I bet your neighbors couldn't wait til you moved...

i bet you drop round up in your neighbors yard in order to make your lawn outstanding out lol

Dude!!! Where have you been all m.y life! How can I get my husband to be 1/5 as interested in keeping our patch of grass S nice as yours. Love your videos

does this also work on creeping charlie thank you

Why kill clover? Clover is nice. I like dandelions too- beautiful flowers.

The first three minutes and twenty five seconds have absolutely nothing to do with killing clover. Going to Miami, mowing your lawn, dominating your neighbor. Dude, you’re loosing me. Seriously.

My grass is looking really good but i don't know where this clover came from im gonna try this formula you made..i just put down milorganite an some seed in a bare spot then it seem like over nite the clover came i hope this works...great video all my neighbors are mowing stripes my way now they really are fighting words around here thank you...

Thanks, good advice. What kind of weed killer is safe for centipede and bermuda grass?

dish soap is cheaper and better.

I thought white clover was good for your lawns?

how often do you fertiliize

Allen, I live in Michigan and my yard has a huge clover problem. Would I be better off applying 24-0-6 flagship now and then wait till fall to kill the clover or just go ahead and do it now? And if I Do apply it now how long should I wait before I apply the fertilizer? Thanks!! Great channel by the way I've been subbed for a few years now and just searched up this video.

man, you're a lawn care nut!

Grass is a weed in my yard. Bring on the clover. Clover has so many better attributes than grass.

Loving the tips! Roll on March so can get that lawn looking amazing. Allyn, what's the name of the music that starts at 0:42 please?

I love the extra stuff in the lawn videos, it makes it entertaining!

Clover is not a weed, Allowed to grow along fences, in small patches and it becomes art.. it attracts butterflies birds and life, it is a wonderful addition to a yardscape, people are obsessed with perfection yet have no idea what perfection is, In Nature, Life happens, things grow and we try and take some control.

I stopped watching at 2:47. For a video about how to get rid of clover, clover hadn't even been mentioned yet. If I wanted to see a video about things other than clover I would have watched something else. Waaaaaaayyy too much fluff.

Cool video, Iam crazy about do yard work myself. Nice looking yard

After spraying the lawn, how long do you have to wait till you can mow?

Why would you want to get rid of clover? It fixes nitrogen in the soil, supports the dwindling bee population, and looks way nicer than a boring monoculture lawn.

thank you for the tips on how to get rid of clover in your lawn. Next time cut out the BS and get to the point. it, annoying

You're right the baby shampoo works killing the grass growing on my head...🎶jajajaghia..🎶🤭🤣😅😁

GREAT video. I really enjoy all of your video's, just excellent. BTW don't listen to all these haters with nothing better to do.

Nut is the right word for you, you would rather get cancer from lawn chemicals then have a weed

Hey look at me.Look how cool I am.This isnt about clover it's about me.Any liquid soap works.ANY Liquid Soap is a surfactant. Look up surfactant