Sowing white clover is incredibly easy. You can sow clover over large areas in the garden, for example as green manure. White clover can also be grown in a pot and makes a pretty ornamental plant with its white flowers.
How is white clover sowed?
White clover is sown in the garden in loosened, weed-free soil, without fertilizer. The seeds are scattered, lightly covered with soil and kept moist. For sowing in pots, use nutrient-poor garden soil and keep it moist and warm.
How to sow white clover in the garden
- Removing weeds from the garden bed
- Loose the soil well
- do not fertilize
- Spread seeds
- cover very lightly with soil
- keep moist
Sowing white clover in pots
Fill the pots with garden soil that is not too nutritious and scatter the seeds. If you want to grow clover seedlings for the kitchen, you can sow the seeds densely.
Place the pots in a place that is around 20 degrees and keep the soil moist but not too wet. White clover germinates very quickly. The first green tips can usually be seen after just three days.
The advantage of self-sown white clover
White clover grows almost everywhere in the wild. Nevertheless, it can make sense to sow white clover yourself in the garden or in pots. This is especially true if you want to use it in the kitchen or as a medicinal herb.
White clover, which grows in meadows, pastures and along roadsides, is often contaminated with animal feces, car exhaust fumes or agricultural sprays. When you grow your own white clover, you can be sure that the plants are not harmful to your he alth.
Sowing white clover as green manure
White clover is a popular green manure because the plant grows very quickly and can be mowed down early.
To use white clover as a green manure, sow the seeds over a large area. Sprinkle just a thin layer of soil over it. Keep the soil moist until germination.
The white clover is mown before the flowers open. Cut the plants above the ground using a scythe (€19.00 on Amazon). The roots must remain in the ground in order to rot and thereby loosen the soil.
Tip
You can also propagate white clover through cuttings. To do this, simply cut a few stems without flowers and place them in loose garden soil or small pots. New roots form within ten days.