Red clover

Clover is a perennial kind of plants, characterized by stems that are branched and erect. The stem of the clover can reach a height of 60 centimeters

Clover blooms in early may and blooms all summer until mid September. As it goes on flowering for a long time, it is a good honey plant.

Clover is an excellent cattle feed. This honey is popular in agriculture as the best green manure, as it has all the desired properties. Clover makes the soil of nitrogen as Lupin, due to the special structure of the root system. The roots are small nodules inside which multiply check nitrogen microorganisms. Therefore, the soil where the clover grows, always enriched with nitrogen.

Use clover:

§ enriches the soil with nitrogen;

§ an excellent honey plant;

§ used as food;

§ strengthen the slopes;

§ replaces manure.

Red clover is excellent forage plant that is rich not only in carbohydrates but also proteins. Use it both fresh and as hay, haylage, silage. However, knowledgeable breeders in the keeping of cattle always knew that cows fresh clover pose a serious danger. This plant fed animals can even die! Especially if the clover is wet with dew or rain.

And red clover is used as green manure. Perennial varieties can grow in one area to 15 years. The plant is planted on the land for 2 years before breeding of horticultural crops. Also the plant is planted between fruit trees, shade-grown (with red flowers) bred in the shadows.

Red varieties should be sown in early spring as young shoots like lower temperature. Seeds are sown in moist soil to a depth of 2 cm Before and after vysielanie soil slightly rolled down — this improves the adhesion of seeds with soil. After 5 days, showing small sprouts. Moisture-loving, low heat, reacts negatively to salinity and soil acidity. Red clover low heat. Seeds germinate at 2-3°C. The optimum temperature for the growth and development of 18-20°C. If field capacity – 70-80% and the soil temperature is 18-20°C, the clover shoots appear after 5-6суток, and at 10-15°C after 6-8суток. At the beginning of winter clover first year of life in the phase of rosette tolerates temperatures up to -15°C. Frost resistance during winter from second to third year of life is typically lower than in the year of sowing. The second half of the winter resistance of plants to low temperatures is markedly reduced.

Red clover – water-loving plant. To reduce freezing of clover it is advisable when cleaning the cover crop to establish the cutting height of 13-15cm. The high stubble holds the snow well and thus prevents the loss of clover from freezing.

To create green manure clover is removed before the formation of flowers during the formation of buds. Typically the plant by this time reaches 10 cm in height. It was during this period clover is saturated with nitrogen.

Mowing is carried out around July/August. If the seeds were sowed in August, plants are better left until the spring and harvest in the autumn to do not. In June or end of may, plants are cut at the root, and the area is grown horticultural crops.

The use of clover for the area under the ferry has the following advantages — the earth is not covered with weeds. Besides, the garden put clover has a very attractive appearance. This plant as the fertilizer is completely harmless, as it contains in its composition of nitrates. In this respect he is better than manure, which features a large number of nitrate compounds.