At 05:26 PM 6/3/2003 -0400, Jim wrote:
>>REPLY: Alice white clover is a variety produced by Barenbrug USA. They
>>describe it as being large leafed, but do call it white clover rather
>>than ladino. They say there are only two types of white clover, but
>>there really is three: small, intermediate, and large
>>(ladino). Grassland Huia from New Zealand is described as an
>>intermediate type along with Louisiana White and Louisiana S-1. I
>>suspect that Alice is probably an intermediate type or a cross between
>>ladino and an intermediate. The intermediate type is larger-leaved than
>>the wild white clover often found in pastures that is the small type and
>>tends to be more persistent than ladino. Will, Jumbo, Regal, and Oseola
>>are large (ladino) clovers. Jumbo is said to be more persistent than the
>>other ladino clovers,but I have not seen it in trials. The intermediate
>>white clovers are more heat tolerant than ladinos.
I overseeded some newly cleared ground, in 1998, with 'Will' white clover,
and got a good stand, which still persists well today. Ran out of 'Will'
seed before I got to the last paddock, and bought some 'Seminole'. It has
outperformed the Will, but I must add the caveat that I blew out a knee,
and my wife had to walk the seed onto that 5-acre plot, and she
misunderstood my instructions of 1-2 lbs per acre - she probably put on
somewhere between 5 & 10 lbs - so, I got a TREMENDOUS stand.
Have also been very pleased with the production and persistence of Marion
annual lespedeza on this same 20 acres or so, overseeded in the spring of
'99. Still very evident in the sward.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY
