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RE: cutting sweet clover

We cut several patches of sweet clover (roughly 50' X 50') last year, and
had almost total die-off.....but it's not always that effective!

Bob Vaiden
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-----Original Message-----
From: J. A. Raasch [j*@facstaff.wisc.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 9:56 AM
To: prairie list
Subject: cutting sweet clover


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
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