Clover seeds are versatile – you will be amazed! Small and brown before sowing, they have the potential to heal, provide he althy cooking ingredients, fertilize beds or add greenery to bare garden areas. Useful information about red clover seeds and their relationships.
What can you use clover seeds for and when is the sowing time?
Clover seeds have many uses, e.g. as livestock feed, edible ingredient, medicinal herb, ground cover or green manure. They are available in different shapes, sizes and colors and their germination remains for 4-8 years. The seeds are ideally sown outdoors from April to the end of August.
What are the characteristics and properties of clover seeds?
Many types of clover grow here. They have common characteristics, but differ significantly in appearance. Same with the seeds:
- Size, shape and weight vary depending on the variety
- mostly egg-shaped, ellipsoid, laterally compressed
- Shell can be smooth or roughened, wrinkled, warty or grainy
- depending on the variety, sulfur yellow, orange, purple or brown-black
The seeds are not poisonous. They retain their good germination ability for 4-8 years, depending on the variety.
What can clover seeds be used for?
Clover is a fodder plant, edible for humans and a medicinal herb. In addition, clover can be sown as a ground cover or green manure. Here are a few more surprising and versatile uses:
- prepare young horn clover podsincluding seeds like bean pods
- Ground white clover seeds into flour
- Grow vitamin-rich sprouts from crimson clover, red clover and fenugreek
- season pickles with still soft sorrel seeds
- conjure up green lucky charms from lucky clover seeds
- Use fenugreek seeds as a spice or he althy tea
When and how are the seeds sown?
White or red clover is usually sown in the home garden. First you have to find a suitable place. Sunny to partially shaded and with nutritious, moderately moist soil that must be neither sandy nor acidic. The seeds can be sown outdoors fromApril to the end of August.
For better spreading ability, seeds are mixed with fine, crumbly soil. The light germinators are then covered with a maximum of 5 mm of soil, watered well and kept evenly moist until germination. The germination period is 3 days to two weeks.
Where can I buy clover seeds and how much does it cost?
Clover seeds areavailable in stores at different prices. The reason is that different types of clover are offered. To cover every need, they are also available as small packages or in large bags weighing up to 10 kg. The price varies accordingly and cannot be generally quantified at this point. The larger the purchase quantity, the cheaper the price per kilo is likely to be.
When can I collect clover seeds myself?
If you have the opportunity to collect seeds yourself, you can save yourself the purchase if your needs are manageable. The collection period extends over the monthsAugust and September.
Tip
Do not sow red clover in balcony boxes, it is better in a pot
Red clover plants have long taproots. In a flat balcony box, their growth quickly reaches insurmountable limits. Then he can no longer develop splendidly. If you do not have the opportunity to grow it in the garden, sow clover in a pot that is very deep. If it is later to be used as food for rabbits, it must also be given uncontaminated organic soil.
