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Sweet Clover - White
LATIN NAME
Melilotus albus
SEASON
Biennial
BLOOM COLOR
White
IDEAL FOR
Forage, honey production, soil improvement
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS
Nitrogen fixator, drought tolerant
MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS
Low
ACIDIC SOIL TOLERANCE
Low
COLD TOLERANCE
Excellent
HEAT TOLERANCE
Good
SHADE TOLERANCE
Good
FERTILITY NEEDS
Low
MATURE HEIGHT
36 - 108 inches
About...
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus) - White Blossom Sweet Clover is a tap-rooted, biennial legume and a pollinator favorite. It grows best under cool, fertile, moist conditions and can be used for hay, grazing, and as abeneficial cover crop for fixing nitrogen. Its young leaves and flowers are eaten in salads or dried for teas, while the plant serves as a major nectar source for honey production.MORE CLOVER OPTIONS
Planting Directions
SOWING TEMPERATURE
40F - 60F
SEEDING RATE
15 - 30 lbs per acre
AVERAGE GERM TIME
7 - 14 days
PLANTING DEPTH
1/4 inch
SOWING METHOD
Broadcast or drill
ENVIRONMENT
Full sun to partial shade
USDA ZONES
3 - 10
WHEN TO PLANT
Late Winter or Early Spring
White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus) - White Blossom Sweet Clover is a tap-rooted, biennial legume and a pollinator favorite. It grows best under cool, fertile, moist conditions and can be used for hay, grazing, and as abeneficial cover crop for fixing nitrogen. Its young leaves and flowers are eaten in salads or dried for teas, while the plant serves as a major nectar source for honey production.
Inoculated Seed - Our White Sweet clover seed has been coated with an inoculant for better establishment. Nitrogen fixation is a one of the key values found in legumes and can only occur with the proper inoculation. Although many strains or Rhizobium may be present in the soil, all are not equally beneficial. With Nitro-Coat® each seed is inoculated with the correct Rhizobium strains and coated through a proven process that ensures a very high level of successful inoculation. A key to any successful establishment and early seed development is moisture. Nitro-Coat® is naturally water absorbent and helps attract soil moisture to the seed, getting your stand established quickly. This coating process which Outsidepride utilizes, assures that only the top-performing and crop-specific rhizobia will be applied to ensure your clovers reach maximum nodulation, stand establishment, and yield potential. With Nitro-Coat® each seed is inoculated with the correct Rhizobium strains and coated through a proven process that ensures a very high level of successful inoculation. The weight of the clover seeds will contain approximately 34% coating material that contains the inoculant and water holding material for better establishment and viability of the seed. There is no difference in the seeding rates between the coated and raw seed due to the increased germination and viability of the bulk clover seeds that are coated and inoculated. This coating material is not OMRI certified.
