Our clover experiment FAIL!
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2023
- We thought we had it together and we were excited! Now it’s back to the drawing board and the old faithful tried and true crimson!
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Sorry to see that the Berseem clover didn't make the cut. Trial and error. It's how we learn. Have q good day my Friend.
Thanks brother! It’s one way I can educate myself and others around me!!
Oh yeah in the old days they pile potatoes on the ground then cover them with dirt and dig them up as needed 🐝😉
I haven’t done it…… maybe I’m not old after all!!😂😂😂
I used to try to find a day were the ground was froze in the night and then it would warm up during the day so the seed will sink into the soil in January usually then fertilize it in the spring and I would get some great clover crops that way , by just sowing it on top of the field like that. There's a wealth of knowledge out there if we will listen to some of them old folks.
I definitely would have frost seeded it if I couldn’t get in and disc, but I wanted to work it up if possible!
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Thanks my friend!
The last few years I’ve been losing collards to the cold. First times for me. Winters are different.
Absolutely! Definitely weather changes!
Micah... you're just going to have to start getting more Clever with the Clover ~*
😂😂😂 but of course!
It’s so wet here I can’t plant nothing. And it’s time 😂 rain rain rain .
It’s a very wet time…… we were so dry in the fall….. I’m still happy to get moisture!
Another great video!
Thanks brother!
🤣 cold 🥶 tolerant! The best stands of any grass or clover I've had was sewn in Feb with snow on.
We have a little snow falling here so maybe this will be good 😂
I think you should have left a strip of the unknown clover untouched to compare it to the crimson. Personally I would have walked the crimson on without working the soil at all, but that judgement may be colored by my soil types and lower turkey pressure. Where I was located in southern Ohio, hairy vetch was our most productive N-fixer over the winter. The most successful cover crop/early spring grazing was hairy vetch and cereal rye. Heavy grazing and trampling let us no-till corn or summer annuals for grazing right into it. Sometimes we did have to kill it with Round-up though which I would not do anymore.
The green stuff wasn’t actually clover but a mix of grass and chick weed……. My disc didn’t turn it over very well in places so we’ll see what happens!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures In that case I might still have left a strip but walked the crimson over it too. Always impressed with what you are doing and the experiments that you try. If none of your experiments fail then you aren't pushing far enough. Keep up the good work.
Agreed 100%!!
Micah, is "no-till" an option ? -- Or maybe a chisel plow one time ? -- There must be an answer -- Ask the One you trust most, my friend
I’m very happy with how it’s looking. Little sprouts are forming!
That's awesome! I'm about to be right there with you. Planting red clover and crimson clover, but I've never planted so early!
It will work like a charm!
Like you always do...try..try..again..!!!
Thanks! I’m very willing to keep on keeping on!!
All right, McGie Great video I loved the background music good job and good luck on the clover.😊
Thanks so much!!! I’m excited about the future of that field!
Beautiful soil mine is water base lol mud
That was interesting Micah. Maybe someday I can get my act together with my garden and implement your knowledge. Take care and have a blessed rest of the week my friend.
We’re still in the process of learning here…. Maybe someday we’ll get it together 😂
Enjoyed the video. Sure wish the crimson clover wintered over up here in Alberta, tried it once, grows well in summer but doesn’t stand the winters. I use red clover on my fields for nitrogen building as well.
Yes my brother in law farms up there…. Fort Vermilion ……. The red clover in the center of my field is from him.
Thank you mr. McGie for the update
You’re absolutely welcome!
Hope the seed takes and reverses your misfortune. I would have reached the same conclusion that the Egyptian clover was more cold tolerant than crimson from the writeup. but maybe only in Egypt...glad you were able to get it in while the soil was receptive and not mud.
We live and we learn!! It was a really fun experiment anyhow!
I just got 300lbs of viking trefoil to frost seed a Timothy pasture that is in wet and clay soil. Just waiting for the snow to melt before I seed.
That’ll be really good!!!
I think any of your clovers will work better at frost hardiness, nitrogen fixation and carbon exudates into the soil if paired with a broadleaf. Wheat or rye.
Think of it like a bigrig. You can rev up your nasty 6NZ or N14 in neutral but all the power that can create is what it takes to spin the crank and countershaft and pump oil and air.. maybe 5hp. Hook it up to a load of logs and head up hill, now you have a load to transfer energy into so you can create maximum power because there is a sink for that power.
Legumes are the same way. They dont make 2,000ft lbs of torque in neutral (meaning by themselves in a pure stand, since they just dont need as much nitrogen as theyre capable of fixing) you must couple them to a load to get maximum N fixation. A nitrogen thirsty partner to transfer atmospheric nitrogen into. A load. Nature doesnt make waste energy. It always has a load to transfer it to.
Clover with cereal grain. Cow pea with corn etc. One produces N, one consumes it in symbiotic partnership. N doesnt store well in the dirt. But it transfers from legume to broadleaf perfectly
Awesome awesome analogy! I definitely agree 100%!
I been wanting to experiment with tater storage under ground good Lord willing Im goina do it this year thanks for another good video friend
You can do it!!! Make a video!!
You no anything about einkorn wheat Like when we should plant it I bought a small bag last year to try out and dont no anything about it
I never heard of it.
What I read about it its the oldest wheat known by scientist and it dont have much gluten in it high in protien and B vitamims .
Very interesting!
I appreciate your inner strength and vision to assist others. Not everyone is willing to report on the things that didn't work! However, these things that you share help to point others in the right direction!! ❤🏋
I appreciate that! It’s definitely the reason I do this!
another great video I love seeing your clover program
I have to say, it’s my favorite part of the farm!!!
As my dad use to say live and learn thanks for sharing keep the cameras rolling from Florida.
Thanks brother! We better learn 😂😂😂
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I live in Lincolnshire which is a farming county in England. My father in law was raised on a farm and said they used to dig "Tater graves." Burying the potatoes to keep them fresh after harvesting.
I believe that works better than in a basement or cellar……. But it’s very convenient for the cook to have them on hand. Definitely a trade off!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures Definitely😂 The storage was for potatoes that were to be sold on at a later date, not used personally in the kitchen. 😂😂😂
Oh ok! Great method for that!!
Anything that originates from Egypt wouldn't be cold hardy. Maybe the person entering the information on the website got that mixed up. It was probably supposed to read less cold tolerant.
I think so too….. it was worth a try!!!
the deer eat everything I plant before it matures, so frustrating... I need to harvest A Lot more deer...lol
That’s exactly why we harvested ten this year! I just finished grinding 35# of burger!!😂
Dang that sucked about the new clover . I sure hope the new planting comes up good . I got a bunch of rows of potatoes I never picked last year I need to go out and see if they are still good in the ground now that we had some really hard freezes . Thanks for sharing and have a blessed day !
I’m guessing that they are still good! Better than if you had dug them!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures I lost interest and should have picked them but didn't want to fight the weeds lol
It’s wet now but you might have opportunity soon!
Are you going to every try Daikon Radish? It will get nutrients that nothing else reaches and brings them up. Just till them in with the clover. Minerals are very important, and many people look over them. (Same for us, people take vitamins but the real issue of disease is mineral deficiency)
I need to do it on those fields……. I did it at the one at the house.
Bummer on the failed cover. I was reading a War Garden manual recently and those ground cellars were presented as an option for folk without root cellars. Pretty simple if you got the space and the straw. Basically build a pit and pile of your stuff, surrounded by straw and youre set. I believe they said do enough to take it all when uncovered. Something like a month's supply per ground cellar.
Oh that makes a lot of sense! It’s storage but also hiding for it ….. because different times in history farmer’s food stores have been raided.
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures Yep. Straw is not the last cover. bed, then cover, then cover with earth, I tell ya, that dang War Garden Manual is a beginners guide to growing your own food and putting it up. A-Z all you need to know manual. lol.
I’ll look it up! Thanks!!!
Good luck.
Whoever came up with that saying planting in months with “r” in it didn’t hang around here much lol.
😂😂😂😂 I definitely understand that!😂😂😂 But hey I bet it would still work…… it would just take several months for the seed to ever touch soil!!😂😂😂
Its really wild that clover didn't handle frost. Way to get it done on the disc and reseed.
It felt really good to work up the ground and get it done! I didn’t realize I missed it that much!!
Tryna figure out if that's 100 dogs or what barking 🤔
Dogs, cows, coyotes…… all out here going off!😂
I heard Frank had another medical condition I hope it's not true but if it is godspeed to him
I’m not sure what you heard but other than some back and hip pain he’s fine.
Hopefully this put plenty of nitrogen in your ground. Rumor has it fertilizer is not going to be much cheaper than last year
I’d be shocked if it’s not double the price it was last year……. But I definitely wouldn’t complain if it was cheaper 😂😂😂
Have you used different seed brands of the crimson clover? If so which do you prefer?
I haven’t paid attention to brands ….. I get whatever is available.
Thanks I was just wondering. I live further north in illinois. Sometimes where the seed is grown the plants get acclimated to that area.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA You said you are creating 🤣
I’m not even creole!😂
Where did you get the clover.. I cant seem to find it in bulk. Thank you.
I buy it at the feed stores here in Livingston Tn….. but you can get it online here!
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@@McGieHomesteadAdventures Thanks, keep up the good work. We really enjoy watching your show,
Fresh Taters
i sent frank 4 quaters about 3 weeks ago i see u did not get the letter
What? We’ll go talk to them rascals down at the postmaster……. I’ll bet miss Gertrude confiscated it.
I think I'm first.
Tony pipped you to the post ☹️⬆️
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Oh well there were no comments when I posted. It's not a major downfall.
It’s not who’s first nearly as much as who finishes!!😂😂😂
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There you go. Me I'm still limping along sucking hind tit as the old saying goes.