How to Get Rid of Strawberry Clovers

Strawberry clover (Trifolium fragiferum) is a perennial clumping plant. Spreading by above-ground stems, it puts down roots at the nodes that lay on the soil. An aggressive turfgrass and garden bed weed, strawberry clover bears seeds with hard, heat-resistant coats, making them resistant to organic weed-removal programs such as soil solarization. While not as tame and easy to get rid of as annual clovers, with a little work you can control strawberry clover.

Herbicide

Instructions

- 1
  Hand pull the strawberry clover if the infestation is moderate. You may need to dig down to ensure that you get all the roots. Cover the soil where the clover was growing with 4 to 6 inches of organic mulch. Add a fresh layer every year.
- 2
  Apply an herbicide containing glyphosate to large patches of red clover. The herbicide must be applied to red clover in the seedling stage. Once the plants reach 3 inches in height, the product no longer works to control it. Glyphosate herbicide is non-selective and may damage or kill ornamental plants.
- 3
  Rid the lawn of strawberry clover by applying a post-emergent herbicide with an active ingredient appropriate for the type of turfgrass in the lawn. Use an herbicide with dicamba or mecoprop on warm-season grasses and any product labeled for the control of clover on cool-season lawn grasses. Apply the herbicide when the strawberry clover is actively growing.

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