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Grandslam11

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The post on frost seeding peaked my interest. What are these seed mixes mostly made up of? I almost bought some of the whitetailhill cover mix (https://whitetailhill.com/collections/best-sellers/products/whitetail-hill-clover ) but for $40 per half acre, I imagine I could just go to the coop and make something similar? It says it included 5 of the "best" clover out there.... It mentions balansa, white, and crimson.... Most commercial brands have their own blends of clover. I know I have read post in the past but couldn't remember which thread it was in.
 
MickThompson said:
Why doesn't anyone ever publish their seed tag?
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Because even more folks would realize they are getting ripped off.

This stuff is basically $12 per pound. So you are already paying 300-400% markup just for them to mix the varieties of clover together.

And OP, yes, you can make it yourself....

The only problem, several co ops will not break a 50lb bag.... so you would have to buy a 50lb bag of Balansa, Crimson, Ladino. That becomes cost prohibitive if you are doing small acreages.
 
Grandslam11 said:
The post on frost seeding peaked my interest. What are these seed mixes mostly made up of? I almost bought some of the whitetailhill cover mix (https://whitetailhill.com/collections/best-sellers/products/whitetail-hill-clover ) but for $40 per half acre, I imagine I could just go to the coop and make something similar? It says it included 5 of the "best" clover out there.... It mentions balansa, white, and crimson.... Most commercial brands have their own blends of clover. I know I have read post in the past but couldn't remember which thread it was in.
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Got an email from them on their clover, had to just laugh at their prices. Best premixed clover blends I have used come from pennington seed. They aren't crazy over priced either.
 
@tellico4x4 is your man on this

We buy 50 lb bags each of arrowleaf, crimson and ladino. For frost seeding, last year I believe we did 4lbs ladino, 3lbs crimson, and 3lbs arrowleaf in already established clover plots. So that's 10lbs on already established clover that will grow, leaf out and produce seed. Great results. A kitchen scale off Amazon greatly helps. I'd go a little higher in poundage for a new plot. As others mentioned in other posts, annuals (arrowleaf and crimson) grow very rapidly and produce more than the annuals in a shorter amount of time, so we keep sowing in those for a lot of forage
 
Creek bottoms said:
5-6 acres?
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I frost seed that blend in established clover plots at 10#/acre, new plots at 16#. Have better luck on new plots by planting in fall, however have done some this time of year that turned out okay. I do all my frost seeding with a small hand held seeder, as can better control the application.

Right now, the weather the first couple weeks of Feb are looking good for me to frost seed, 40's & high 20's.

Clemmons & Hamner Seed which are local to me, is where I've bought all my seed for over 20 years. That particular blend, which they did custom for me cost $120/50#.

Highly recommend them as they do a lot of seed for Co-Op, Biologic & other big deer on bag outfits, besides being a major player on the farm side. Very fine folks to deal with too.

Quality Seed is our first priority!

clemmonshamnerseed.com clemmonshamnerseed.com
 
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