How to Plant Clover Seeds for Growing Clover

Despite its invasive nature and clothes-staining properties, white clover has some redeeming qualities. Coumarin, a blood thinner, is extracted from white clover, also called Dutch clover (Trifolium repens). White clover, when planted with grass, also makes nitrogen more available for the lawn. Up until the 1950s, commercial bags of grass-seed mixes included white clover. The plant is soft and comfortable to sit and walk on, but it doesn't support high traffic. For this reason, grow it in combination with lawn grass.

Lawn mower
Metal rake
Seed spreader

Instructions

- 1
  Mow your lawn to make it easy for the clover seeds to reach the ground. Rake the grass with a metal rake roughly to pull some of the plants, exposing the soil surface.
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  Buy 2 to 8 oz. of clover seeds per 1,000 square feet. Base the weight on whether you want the grass or the clover to be the dominant lawn. Clover takes over at the rate of 8 oz. per 1,000 square feet.
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  Broadcast the seeds by hand or with a spreader in spring or summer. The larger the area, the easier the work is if you use a spreader.
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  Irrigate the lawn immediately after sowing the white clover seeds. Keep the soil consistently moist until germination. When the seedlings become established, begin to apply 1 inch of water whenever the plants wilt. Grab some clover plants and pull them. Their roots are established if you can't uproot them.

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