Whew! I am reassured by the comments on clover in grass. A begnner, I sowed my first ever "lawn" last september and have dug out most invading weeds as they appeared but the amount of clover spreading has had me beat! I shall now love it and leave it and watch the bees that I have encouraged with lavender, roses and as many flowers I have been able to manage this first year. Thank you
My front lawn is about 85% clover at the moment. I'm not totally anti clover at all, but the balance is far to much away from lawn. So, without trying to convince me to love clover more is there an organic way of reducing it's prevalence in my lawn? (I'd go back to solarification, rotivating and reseeding rather than some form of chemical treatment).
I don't have a garden, but large pots on a sizeable terrace in the middle of the city. One of the largest contains a gorgeous mature bay tree - and this year beautiful white clover started growing madly around it, in the pot! I love it, it looks fabulous , full of flowers and lush leaves, but the roots are getting quite thick and tangled, and I wonder if it might affect the tree?.... The pot is large, about 2 feet deep and equal width, so I am hoping that the clover can do its thing on the surface without hurting the tree roots below. Any thoughts?
he people who want a clover lawn must be nuts,a lawn means grass not clover.all I want to know is how to get rid of it,is there anybody out there who can help me.
It's sad that you think people are nuts because they like clover growing in their grass. Have you no understanding about how important it is that people do as much as they can to help bees and other wildlife? Maybe you should take a reality check and try to do your bit to help. If we lose our bees then the human race won't survive either.
Hehe... I battled with clover for a long time too. The bees posed a great danger for my kids who regularly got stung, and when slightly wet it was dangerously slippery.
However, I used a homemade weed and feed powder, made of equal parts salt, vinegar and grass clippings over the lawn to kill the clover.
I love all the clover in our lawn, especially when speckled with white flowers. It means that our lawn is lush and green and cool to walk on in hot weather when others are brown and crispy. I have even bought Crimson Clover as a green manure for the veg patch.
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I shall now love it and leave it and watch the bees that I have encouraged with lavender, roses and as many flowers I have been able to manage this first year.
Thank you
Any thoughts?
However, I used a homemade weed and feed powder, made of equal parts salt, vinegar and grass clippings over the lawn to kill the clover.
Now the lawn is amazing!
All gardens seem to have masses of clover this year. While the bees like them I hate mowing clover,
Mrs King
I love all the clover in our lawn, especially when speckled with white flowers. It means that our lawn is lush and green and cool to walk on in hot weather when others are brown and crispy. I have even bought Crimson Clover as a green manure for the veg patch.