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Re: cutting sweet clover

on 6/18/01 9:56 AM, J. A. Raasch at jaraasch@facstaff.wisc.edu wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Does anyone have experience preventing seed set on white sweet clover by
> cutting the plants back to about 6 inches each time flower buds (still
> green) appear?  I'm wondering whether I can use a string trimmer to control
> a 50' x 100' patch (maybe a bit bigger) by cutting every few weeks right
> into fall.
> 
> Just so you know...(1) The area has been burned two springs in a row, but
> conditions were not good for wiping out the second-year plants last spring.
> (2) There are native grasses and forbs mixed with the clover so I would
> rather not use herbicides.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> John A. Raasch
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

We have a friend in central Missouri who was successful in keeping sweet
clover knocked by mowing it while it was in flower.  She has a few coming
along each time she burns, but the bulk of it has disappeared.

Ann Wakeman

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