clover

[Anonymous-0]

Guys I have a lot of voluntary clover in my field. Grows so thick too, big thick stalks. Nightmare to dry, takes forever. On swathing, would you swath to windrow or baffle down and swath flat to help dry this stuff faster? 477haybine

 

[Jimmy King]

Spread it out, what kind of clover is it?? The way you describe it, it sounds like sweet clover. If it is sweet clover make sure it is dry, I have always told the mold sweet clover makes if it is not dry is the same they make rat poison out of.

 

[Anonymous-0]

We have sweet clover(white/yellowish blossom)mixed with alfalfa and crested wheat grass which we swath and let cure in the windrow as normal before baling, we've never had a problem, with a haybine/conditioner it would be even better...............mind you we do live in somewhat of a desert, so curing for us isn't a problem...............

 

[Anonymous-0]

I will get my plant ID book out and get a type.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Spread that swath out as far as you can muster.

 

[2t2@IA]

Hi:
No answer, really, but to go into history a little: in the 1930's my father and others planted sweet clover on what was later called "set-aside" and was called in the slang of the time "nnalert Land" or "government acres". This was to be eligible for groverment program. It was let mature and plowed under. We were on a corn, oats, red clover/timothy rotation. The volunteer sweet clover was a real pain for the first cutting. It kept coming up for decades. It helped quite a little to run it through a conditioner. Later, we switched from red clover to alfalfa. The first cutting of a new stand still gave some sweet clover problems, but after that it was O.K.

 

[John S-B]

Do you have a tedder? I would think that would be the best way to dry it instead of running a rake through to turn it.