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White Clover - Green Manure

Trifolium repens
Ruddy Clover

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Small perennial ground cover, very robust, cultivated as a forage plant and as a spring green manure. Like all legumes, white clover has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil while protecting it from erosion, proliferation of unwanted plants, and rain battering. It can be sown in any soil from March to June and can be buried from May to August.
Ease of cultivation
Beginner
Height at maturity
10 cm
Spread at maturity
40 cm
Soil moisture
all types
Germination time (days)
10 days
Sowing method
Direct sowing
Sowing period March to June
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Flowering time April to August
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Description

The White Clover, in Latin Trifolium repens, is a small creeping and stoloniferous perennial plant of the legume family cultivated as a forage plant, often used as a spring green manure, but also mixed with grasses as an alternative to lawns in dry areas. Like all plants in the legume family, it has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil. Its natural vigor competes with "weeds" and its spreading and abundant roots retain the soil, protecting it from erosion. Finally, its dense vegetation limits the phenomenon of compaction due to rain. Used as green manure, white clover can be sown in any type of soil, even very chalky, from March to June. Once buried, the decomposed residues will naturally enrich the soil with nitrogen.


The White Clover, also known as Dutch Clover or Creeping Clover, is a very common herbaceous plant in France, Europe, and North America. It naturally grows in meadows and lawns and spreads through stolons that can reach up to 40 cm (15.7 in) in length. Its characteristic leaves are usually compound, consisting of 3 leaflets, but statistically, once in every 10,000 cases, there may be 4 leaflets on a single leaf! The long flowering period of White Clover extends from April-May to September, in the form of white spherical heads, sometimes slightly pinkish. Rich in sweet nectar, they are highly appreciated by bees and bumblebees.

Widely used in permaculture, green manures have numerous benefits: they enrich and loosen the soil while preventing the establishment of adventive plants. They also have the advantage of forming a vegetative cover that protects loamy soils from rain compaction and sandy soils from leaching. They can be sown throughout the year, and they are crushed before seed formation to incorporate them through shallow digging or left in place as mulch.

White Clover is sown from March to June, it remains in place for at least 3 months and must be mowed before flowering. Do not let it establish for too long, as it would then be quite difficult to eliminate.

Harvest

Type of vegetable Green fertilizer
Vegetable colour green
Size of vegetable Medium

Plant habit

Height at maturity 10 cm
Spread at maturity 40 cm
Growth rate fast

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour green

Botanical data

Genus

Trifolium

Species

repens

Family

Fabaceae

Other common names

Ruddy Clover

Origin

Western Europe

Annual / Perennial

Perennial

Product reference160461

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Planting and care

Sowing:

White Clover is sown from March to June at a rate of 0.5 g per m2, on freshly tilled soil. The seeds are covered with a rake. Germination usually takes between 5 and 10 days. Keep the soil slightly moist until germination, if it doesn't rain.

It is a spring green manure that is suitable for all types of soil. It is particularly prolific in slightly cohesive, dry limestone soils in summer.

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Seedlings

Sowing period March to June
Sowing method Direct sowing
Germination time (days) 10 days

Care

Soil moisture Tolerant
Disease resistance Very good
Pruning No pruning necessary

Intended location

Type of use Vegetable garden
Hardiness Hardy down to -23°C (USDA zone 6a) Show map
Ease of cultivation Beginner
Soil , and well-drained soil. It is important to water the plants regularly, especially during dry periods. Prune the shrubs in early spring to promote healthy growth.
Exposure Sun, Partial shade
Soil pH Calcareous, Any
Soil type Chalky (poor, alkaline and well-drained), Clayey (heavy), Clayey-chalky (heavy and alkaline), Silty-loamy (rich and light), Stony (poor and well-drained), 198

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