Watch This BEFORE You Start A Clover Lawn… it’s a BIG commitment. Clover Lawns 101
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- Clover lawns are becoming increasingly popular. This popularity is likely due to their low maintenance combined with crazy claims. These claims can include traffic, and drought resistance. But clover May no be for everyone due to its invasive nature, the pollinators, and sometimes fragile state.
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Ashley is a soil scientist who has had a passion for plants since she was a small child. In the long summers as a child, she would garden alongside her grandmother and it was then that she realized her love for greenery. With years of great studying, Ashley had begun her post-secondary education at the University of Saskatchewan.
At first, her second love, animals, was the career path she chose but while doing her undergrad she realized that her education would take her elsewhere. And with that, four years later she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a bachelor’s degree in science and a major in Soil Science.
Some of Ashley’s interests are CZcams, in which she posts informative videos about plants and gardening. The focus of Ashley’s CZcams channel is to bring science to gardening in a way that is informative but also helpful to others learning to garden. She also talks about the importance of having your own garden and the joys of gardening indoors. Ashley continues to study plants in her free time and hopes to expand her CZcams channel as well as her reach to up-and-coming gardeners.
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If you are looking to grab seed I’m using this brand.
For the bee lawn mix - bit.ly/3MLvDec
Clover only lawn - bit.ly/3oJJDgj
Clover and Grass lawn - bit.ly/43fsXwa
You're awsome! Thank you!
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They don't ship to the U.S. Do you have any recommendations for similar products to the "Clover and Grass lawn" mixture available down here?
I loved the way she explained everything for gardening amateurs like me😊
Glad to hear that!
Me too!
As a child I went barefoot and always had at least one bee sting on the bottom of my foot every summer. I love the bees and clover in my yard. I'm grateful for my childhood experience.
Haha built up immunity
Born in 1970, and bee stings on the bottoms of my feet were normal because our lawns were mostly clover and were not treated with pesticides; nor did we were shoes. How things change...
When the clover roots to beds, let it grow as a companion. If it becomes too invasive, simply cut it (chop and drop), and walla, you'll have a mulch and decaying rhizomes.
😢*voila. Walla is not a thing.
wallah, ahki. ya allah wallah is definitely a thing habibi @@dilboteabaggins
Walla huh? lol
@@PaulLadendorfHebrew and Arabic.
@@austinphillip2164😂😂😂😂 I read the original writer’s comment as “wallah”
Lol. I've had a clover lawn for years. Looks great. Bees love it. Price point free. It's nice to have a field of flowers mine stays short. In maine. I cut after it browns off and my whatever lawn is gorgeous. From a distance it puts most lawns to shame. After 4 months of severe flooding rains, boom its gorgeous. Amazing clover can be under water for months. It's free. Free free free and bees love me for it.
Her last statement is key to maintaining a great look bc I heard that complain from a lawn loving CZcamsr that i looks bare in the winter.
I have allowed clover to grow in my back yard and now it looks like a mini medow w bees all over.😊
I also cut it tall to reduce stress.
Thanks for the video. My husband thinks it is one of the best he has ever seen. Lots of info, with no wasted time.
Glad it was helpful!
I have a backyard that is turning to clover over time. I dont spray any weed killers in the backyard because its a main ingredient in my compost. Its a real mix of plants. But the clover is slowly taking over more area. Its not a real high traffic area, just me waling between the garden and the garage/shed and my dogs. I also let it get pretty long because I hate mowing, and I have an old lawnmower that is rusted in place at its highest setting. Thanks for giving me reasons to let it flower. A lawn that attracts pollinators is a good thing.
I planted clover 4 days ago and there is already a lot of sprouts. Simply spread and covered with a light peat (1cm ish) and kept peat damp. This was over a rototilled surface.
That’s going to turn out so nicely!
Seriously thinking about a clover yard. The bees love it and from what I understand it doesn't need mowed that often
Thank you for making this video! Its exactly what I was looking for to kick off my clover lawn research!
I really want to try their bee turf blend for my front yard. I think it would beautiful but a big job to make the change.
And our backyard, you got it exactly. We have to keep the flowers under control in the lawn because our 4 year old loves to run around in her birthday suit.
I hope your seeding takes! ☘️
Incredibly educational. Thank you.
Most informative video I’ve found! Thank you
Excellent, thorough, yet concise clover lawn video. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
I hate when dandelions are called weeds. They're incredibly medicinal and they're great for lawn soil health because their long roots bring nutrients up to the surface and provide fertilizer for all the other plants. I eat the dandelion leaves and flowers that grow in my yard and even make medicinal tinctures with the whole plant. There are definitely places in my yard where I don't want it growing but for the most part, I allow it to grow anywhere it wants in my yard.
A weed is just a plant growing where it’s not wanted. Just like if a tomato was growing in your yard, and you didn’t want it there, it would be a weed.
Very informative, presented in a clear, understandable manner
Thank you for making this video! I started a clover lawn last spring. It's grown in beautifully and green up earlier than my neighbours' grass lawn after our -40C winter, but I have trouble keeping them thick and lush after mowing. Time to seed some mixed seeds to turn it into a polyculture!
did you go with the white clover?
Biggest problem I see with people complaining about they're lawn is they cut it too short then complain about the results.
Simply raise your mower deck to it's full height & stop butchering your growth. The gass feels & looks better when decked high.
@@noneshereAbsolutely the key to lush "green" grass without fertilizers/weedkillers. It does best when it looks like a meadow. I allow some dandelions or coltsfoot type because insects - mainly bees/hoverflies prefer variety & will choose to move from one plant type to another. Even if you have gorgeous flowers the bees will appreciate visiting plants labelled as weeds including white or purple deadnettle
Good info! I have a clover lawn and it is great for pollinators and weed competition as you mentioned.
Sowed micro clover last year and had no idea it had to flower and spread seeds to survive. Thanks for the tip!
yea! give it a shot this year
Not sure, that she doesn't know, but this is not true. Clover is a bi perennial, meaning a couple years of life per plant, however it DOES have stolons and rhizomes. It does spread but not much. When mature about 12 inches per seeded plant.
We had a 100% clover lawn about 20 years ago. It was great for my allergies. It was not great in a drought.
I live in the PNW and we have clover everywhere, which I encourage! The only problem I've found is in the dry months, which have become very dry and hot. It dies back and we can't water it because we're on a well and can't afford the water use. But, it survives!!! In the fall, it comes back and spreads and is lush and green from fall to late spring, and sometimes into mid summer depending.
I have never, ever, tried to kill the clover as so many do. I want it to take over my whole lawn. I don't know what kind of grass we have, but I also let that seed naturally. Yes, it grows in places you don't want, but that's easily remedied. In the last 20 years, we have seen a symbiotic relationship between the grass and the clover. It's lovely.
Very useful, great job.
I love clover. The grass is browning in the heat and the clover looks great! I'm gradually replacing my lawn with it.
Yes it’s true it stays green no matter what
Loved this video!!! I have some clover on my front and back lawns. The neighbour next door is constantly complaining about it. Wait until I tell her I'll planting just clover sans the grass seed! I'm sure that will go over really well. :)
Hahahahahah love it
Sorry you have THAT neighbor! Unfortunately I have THAT husband. I don't mind him keeping his lawn pristine until it interferes with my vegetables or my health. Also, be careful. If your neighbor is anything like my husband they might spray any clover that comes into the edges to try to keep if from spreading to their lawn. My husband actually sprayed Roundup on a patch of clover in my neighbors yard that was about a foot from our yard. That's definitely wrong! Hopefully your neighbor doesn't get nasty but if they keep their lawn strong and healthy I don't think your clover should affect them. Grass is highly overrated.
A very clear advisory. Very useful indeed!
Highly informative well done
I have bought micro clover seed and was nervous about planting it wrong since it is so expensive and I didn't want to waste it. Thanks for giving me a strategy that might improve my chances of success!
Yea absolutely!
Thanks for the intermix recommendations. Exactly what I was looking for! Plus the microclover. Would there be any issues mixing white clover, microclover and bee turf all together?
We got a natural bluegrass/dutch clover mix (and dandelion, plantain and other weeds of course) that works excellent for really rich mulch and compost. Plus when it gets a little dry in the summer the grass slows down and the clover blooms, then the bees go crazy.
Very nice
Thanks for info Ashley!
Anytime!
Timely video. I'm researching different pathway options for a flower garden I'm making. We have a robot lawnmower, but it won't be able to get through that area once I put the flowers in, so it'd be better to have a no-mow path in that area.
yea absolutely a great choice
Thank you for the great information. So I have a mixed grass/clover lawn. I understand you don't want to fertilize the clover with N but how do I fertilize the grass then? I read that the nitrogen that is fixed by the clover is used by the plant itself and does not increase the N in the soil? What fertilizer do you recommend?
Mega informative! Thanks!
Anytime
i have raised beds, so could i just cut it before it goes to seed and then reseed every few years? buying seed every 1-2 years to reseed seems worth it if it means i dont have to deal with buying fertilizer and mowing. also i grow stuff in ground, so i assume the miniclover would be a better option to just weed out of whatever area im planting in, and it doesnt grow as tall so the veg/strawberries could grow above it? great video, thanks
I wanna try this out for a vanity strip. Also I want to try to plant actual ingrown flowers on my lawn. Ones that don’t grow that high so when you mow your pretty much just trimming the pedals and the flower is still blended into the lawn. I think it’ll look uniquely beautiful
I love the flower lawn idea
My mom had grape hyacinth popping up in her lawn ever since she planted one. She hates it, as she wanted them in the flower bed. They look so cute out in the middle of the lawn, though. They've been slowly crawling away, and are almost at the sidewalk after 20 years XD
My yard has some ghat escaped their bed, and I'm thrilled. They are so pretty and do well enough on their own in lawn conditions.
I grow Dutch white clover for my Honeybees. I have a question about it, if I cut the clover early in spring will it bloom at a shorter height [3 inches]? It grows pretty high [8"} before it blooms.
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We keep our dandelions. We have a mix of grass, clover, and weeds. Our yard is greener than our neighbors with far less input.
I will try this peat mix overseeding technique cause i have not had much success in my hard clay grass lawn getting the clover to take hold. I was going to try airated or de-thaching the area this time but will include peat mix germinated white clover to help get the best kickstart .
Yea try the peat that’s going to be the secret in clay. They don’t do we’ll establishing on compacted soil
Just used your links! Thanks for the great video.
Awesome! Thank you!
Thank you, this was very useful. I have grass-clover mix. Would love to have thyme instead :)
Do you remove the cuttings, or leave them on the surface as mulch? Pros/Cons ?
I kept my clover long last year and my whole yard got PM haha. Will keep it short this year and see if that makes a difference.
Hi! What would you RECOMMEND as lawn substitute? I was READY to have clover lawn. Thank god I watched your video. We have a toddler and 3 fur babies and live in AB Canada 😂🤧
I didn't know any of that about clover! There just happens to be clover in my grass. I think the wild rabbits eat it. It only gets mowed twice a month. I'm allergic to bee stings, so that does concern me. Now it concerns me more! But it's all good to know! Thanks Ashley!
Rabbit love clover ☘️
This is not really on topic, but you seem more knowledgeable than most so, with black locust being a legume and nitrogen fixing also, I had wondered at what point it be becomes available to other plants.
The reason I care is because we have large areas of black locust, and as we remove stands to put in fruit or nut trees, I wondered if we then had years of nitrogen present in the "logged" spot.
The number of wild trees here has tripled in 30 years, and we are just now pushing back some.
I was JUST talking about this. 😂 Thank you.
That is convenient
I've seen plenty cover lawns that I suspect were not intentional
I'm into year 2 of clovering my lawn areas...The wet spring was great. I have 90% of my areas covered.. Just need to get that old lawn dealt with!👍
Very nice
What type of clover did you go with
@@GardeningInCanada I'm pretty sure it's white clover. Like 99.99975% sure.
I DUD want to add clover to my lawn. But the bee thing and invasiveness has changed my mind. Thank you this was very thorough. Im wondering if there’s another soft underfoot thing i could plant intermingled with my existing cooch grass lawn. My lawn is well established and springy because of course cooch grows across the surface. That asoect is wonderful. Only, the texture if couch is harsh. I though id i intermingled a soft lawn cover into the cooch i could achieve softness under bare feet. Do you know of other possibilities for this, please? Or - did you already cover such things in another video? Thank you for your thoroughness
I experimented with New Zealand White clover. And, I can confirm that,
1. They don't grow very well in hard clay soil.
2. They need watered twice a day (establishing).
3. They grow best in or moist soil or under a tree getting partial shade from midday Sun.
4. Not drought tolerant if it is grown sparsely.
I in Wisconsin zone 5. My backyard is totally shaded by trees. I did look into the clover option. I found a clove the grows well in shade. With that said it's grows in zone 7. I don't want to keep buying new seeds every year. So back to the grass option.
The common white Dutch clover grows really well in my Zone 3 garden in Canada.
@@mhawang8204 Yes, but does in grow in very little sunlight?
Should look into how vigorous the stolon growth is on the variety you chose
Any ideas for shade lawns? Any alternatives for those? Cheers.
I was told clover can do well in shaded areas. Is this true? Also, im trying clover out as im getting rid of the mulch that was there as that it attracts midges/mosquitoes here in humid FL. Plus my dog hurt his paw on one of the large mulch piece. Id rather attract bees than mosquitoes any day. 😩
Darn good speaker! Very interesting topic. Really like clover!
Thanks for listening
@@GardeningInCanada your welcome. Glad you're there!
I’m a little confused…..after it germinated in a pot, how do you actually spread it over the existing lawn?
Can you show a little video of the over-seeding with peat-sprout mixture? I have been trying a couple techniques and would love to see how that works!
Oh yea! Absolutely I’ll do a shorts
My lawns are okay, and include some clover, but I find that it gets *EVERYWHERE!* I'm constantly picking it out of my raised garden beds. Thankfully, so far it's under control. Thanks for the video!
Yes I agree that’s one reason to stay away
@@GardeningInCanada It's edible, though! So I don't discourage it in the lawns. Love your videos!
@@kbjerkeUnless your husband sprays it with Spectricide. I considered very briefly to covercrop my raised beds with clover then thought better of it. I already have to deal with trying to protect my veggies from drift so I don't want anymore than what he's already trying to get rid of. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I would stay with the fescue/mini clover mix. Yarrow can be invasive, at least it was for me.
Awesome video thank you so much. We have a lot a weeds in garden house. All we do is mowing weeds. I just not sure if I need to kill all this weeds before planting clover ☘️?
If you have a vegetable garden and haven't sprayed the weeds chop and drop them and use as a mulch. They'll breakdown and provide nutrients to the soil as well as retaining moisture.
At 1:16 I'm not sure what you meant actually came through very well. You put the description of stolons on the screen but didn't talk about them, just rhizomes. White clover has stolons that are quite low to the ground. So mowing it a few inches tall isn't going to prevent the spreading, in fact it will speed it up.
I was actually curious how much of the year the clover stays green up north? Here is the Midwestern US white clover dies back in the winter and needs a lot of water to keep it green through the summer.
I planted 1.5 acres of white Dutch clover a few years back- southern Vancouver Island- I only got two good years out of it and eventually weeds and grass took over. I’ve been told that it prefers a basic soil pH , not sure of my soil pH. I let it go to seed because -hey…free seed but to no avail. Not sure what happened.
Are you located I t be prairies or costal
I used white Dutch seed from West Coast Seeds - might try their Bee Turf next time round
Very hot and very dry weather here in my country...can it grow in condition like this?
How do you control kochia?
Thank w. This was just what I needed. I really wanted clover in my lawn. But through this video, i got the message- No. the bees will hurt my blind cat. She has no idea what she’s walking on and cant this avoid bees. Onward for another solution. Thank you
The smell in the morning makes clover lawn worth it alone
Please leave the slides for longer so we can read
her lawn looks so green!! how she does it?
I am currently solarizing my entire backyard cause it was basically a dandelion yard. The date when I will remove the plastic is Aug 15. I will till and put down grass/clover seed on Aug 16. I love in Saskatchewan zone 4. Will the clover survive or should I wait until spring? THANK YOU!
It will do fine!
@@GardeningInCanada big thank you and great to hear!
How does clover do with more sandy rocky soil???
I would add that if you have deer nearby, they love to eat clover. You will get deer poops in the yard if you have clover and will need to wear shoes when walking about.
Has any one tried slice or drill seeding? Moss i have. Giant sheets of it you can lift off the ground with the leaf blower? But.. it is green?
I am looking for a native (indigenous) low ground cover for my front boulevard in Toronto( will replace the current grass or can be intermingled). Any suggestions?
Have you looked into lawn yarrow or thyme?
How does it help really sandy soil? Do I need a mix? Enjoyed, take care.
Compost or pest over top of the scattered seed would work wonders
Definitely #7
i want to do this..
can i drop some seeds in my homes , fiddle leaf fig potted plant ??
Lawns are just nobility things. Better (without breaking any laws that apply to you) to let/make it become biodiverse with native species, providing value besides "looking good"
And considering the drought and the global water crisis, maybe just let the lawn die unless they provide value besides looks, like pollinators or native species or something
Yes haha. You should see my
“Lawn” it’s all garden now
100% agree. Honestly anything is better than a traditional lawn.
I wish my dad was open to the idea of replacing the lawn with mulch and some plants. I think he's from a generation where for men, being connected to the yard meant having a traditional lawn. I've talked about other options, including a buffalo grass lawn, which is a native prairie grass in Colorado. So far, as long as he doesn't have to remove the lawn, he won't.
@@melissamybubbles6139Ha! Your dad must be from the same generation as my husband. Lawns take precedence. I would rather grow vegetables and have a "lawn" that attracts pollinators for my garden. SOME old people like the comfort of their tiny little box. So sad!
dwarf white clover is short lived perrenial 2-3 years. most people mow their lawn in my area when they see yellow or white flowers.
Yes then definitely won’t make it long and relys on just stolons.
Which clover type is best, easiest, fastest to change a lawn over to clover? Looking to change lawn over to a low to no mow yard. Is there something that would be better than clover for this?
White Dutch clover is great!
Yes agreed
Can you sow clover seed in the fall for spring germination?
You can yes.
@@GardeningInCanada thank you. I LOVE your channel and learned so much from you
i feel like clover totally sucks in terms of actually keeping moisture in its shade. simply because... yes, u guessed it right - *MOSQUITOES* !
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I accidentally added bone meal to my clover lawn ☹️ Is there a fix?
Other than letting the clover out-compete the weeds, is there another good way to get rid of weeds? I haven't heard of any selective herbicide that's clover-safe.
Hand weed.
You don’t ever want to use any chemicals, those often end up in the water supply of your city, especially when every resident uses them, most water treatment plants can’t filter out chemical contaminants.
I’d just let the clover take over personally, at least in my state it’s a native plant, and much better than grass.
I just came across another channel of a guy who says he sprays low amounts of Glyphosate to control weeds in his clover stand. Gonna try that in a small area of my 2 month old stand. He said to use a half ounce of 41% Glyphosate per gallon of water. Seems almost too good to be true. Been pulling weeds for weeks though.
The video is called something like "does Glyphosate kill clover?"
@@ThatsNotMyWife Interesting. And maybe if you have a very precise sprayer nozzle to avoid the clover as much as you can, this could at least reduce the manual weeding required.
I have a QUESTION: Why would we weed out clover from the garden if it is a nitrogen-fixer?
Good question! Resource competition for water is one. The second reason is it can be difficult to germinate seed in a highly competitive environment
@@GardeningInCanada Thank you! 🙂
We have so much clover in our lawns :)
true story about it not growing in our depression :)
What variety did you go with
I refuse to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
Hmm. I don't have the energy to deal with an invasive species. I think I'll pass. I'm still interested in the idea of a buffalo grass lawn, or just having mulch with some plants.
@Disabled.Megatron Not necessarily. In your yard that might be fine. I do my parents' yardwork. They wouldn't want clover moving beyond the lawn.
I wish I had better luck growing it. My k31 tall fescue is so healthy it just chokes it out on its own.
I honestly prefer to the kentucky blue grass. Easier to find and pull.
I guess I'll leave the clovers in my lawn now.
your use of the word legume is quite confusing because that's the french word for vegetables :o
Hahah yes!
I am a little surprised that you do not advocate for more ground cover or native plant lawns!
I advocate for no lawn and all garden 😏 but if you can a space with traffic you have to stay away from wildflower lawns unfortunately and go with something like the clover or something more native like a fescue
@Gardening In Canada would you do a video on a wild flower / meadow "lawn". We are in a new construction and I refuse to do a traditional grass "lawn" due to the resources (water, pesticides, mowing) that grass requires.
@@imannosseir6679 I suggest that you research “ground cover” plants instead or Japanese style garden.
Funny been trying to kill the stuff for over 55 years it keeps coming back then dies in summer
So how do I keep it from creeping into my neighbors lawn?
you really cant unfortunately
You must assimilate your neighbors into the ways of clover 🍀
@@logans3365 🍀gang rise up
Luckily my neighbors aren't lawn sticklers, and worse weeds cross fences than clover. Clover is an improvement. :)
Talk about knowing your stuff
What about carbon sequestration? I assume it is better than grass in that aspect…?
will the clover go into my neighbors yard?
Definitely will
Most of the back lawn is clover, just not by intention!
Interesting! Maybe the old home owners?
Clover is good because it puts nitrogen into soil if i remember correctly