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.

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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 reference • 160461

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.

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 -23.5°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), all types