Yellow Blossom Sweet Clover

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Description

Yellow Blossom Sweet clover is an excellent soil builder and conditioner that adds nutrients through nitrogen fixation and scavenging from lower depths. Its extremely deep penetrating taproots can extend down to 5 feet, helping to break up hard-packed soils, allowing increased water infiltration and improved growing conditions for the following crops.

The plants can grow successfully on marginal soil, making them ideal for soil remediation or improving areas that have been degraded. The flowers also provide abundant food for pollinators and beneficial insects.

It is best to grow Sweet Clover as a biennial, allowing it to establish itself in the first season and regrow in the second season. When used as green manure, it should be tilled when 6" to 8" tall in the second season. If being used as food for pollinators, it should be mowed or tilled after flowering but before seeds develop in the second season. If self-seeding is desired, the plants can be left until fall and then mowed or tilled.

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250g covers 1000 sq. ft
1 kg covers 4000 sq. ft

FOR PLANTING PURPOSES ONLY. Seed should not be used as food or feed.

Quick Guide

Latin Name: Melilotus officinalis
Hardiness: Biennial Zone 2
Growth Rate: Slow
Germination: 7-10 days
Planting Dates: Mar 10-Jun 15, Aug 15-Oct 15 (6-8 weeks prior to 1st frost)
Seeding Rate: 250-500g per 1000 sq. ft (11-22kg per acre)
Max Planting Depth: 0.25” - 0.5" or broadcast and tamp to 0.25” deep
Growth Habit: Upright plant 12-36” 1st year. Grows up to 7 ft in 2nd season.
Benefits: Adds nitrogen and other nutrients to the soil, deep penetrating roots loosen soil, food for pollinators
Sun Exposure: Full Sun
Usual Seed Life: 10+ years
Cover Crop Management: Can mow at the end of 1st season. Till or mow during the 2nd year at 8" tall or just after blooming. Allow plants to develop seeds if self-seeding is desired.

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