SOIL:
• Fine, sandy loam to clay

• Moderately well-drained; can tolerate somewhat poor drainage.

• Especially well adapted to soils that are wet in the fall but too dry during the summer for white clover to survive.

• pH range is 5.0 – 8.0 with limited production in more acidic soils. More acid-tolerant than crimson clover.

PLANTING:
• Early- to mid-October through November.

• 2 to 5 pounds/acre.

• 0 to 1/4 inch deep

• For over seeding: graze/cut perennial warm-season grass to about 2" high; or lightly disk sod

• Can be seeded with rye grass

FERTILIZER

• No nitrogen needed

• Add other nutrients — especially phosphorus and potassium — according to a current soil test

MANAGEMENT

• Tolerates short grazing and will produce seed close to the ground.

• Most production occurs in late April to May. Can persist into June if moisture is adequate.

• Plant with rye grass to help manage risk of bloat.

“The best thing about it [Grazer’s Select ball clover], it reseeded so well that our stand was even better the second year.”

— Shelby Beason
Philadelphia, MS

 

 

  

This [Grazer’s Select ball clover] is the most hardy forage I have used in a long time, it works well in my low maintenance system, and has stood up to the abuse that I can put a forage through. Dollar for dollar, it out performed the two other clovers I planted last year. I will only plant Ball from now on.” 

Ron Ladner
Field Representative
Tallgrass Beef Company, LLC

 

Click on the photo above for a step-by-step instruction video with Gene Sollock on planting clover. (9:52)

Ball clover reaches 18 to 36 inches high and resembles intermediate white clover. It is a prolific reseeder, even with its head on the ground.