dbltree
Super Moderator
This is an idea I have yet to try but seems like a fantastic foodplot possible. Farmers in some areas have been using this combo for over 10 years now. Kura clover is much different then other clovers in that it once established it spreads via rhizomes hence making it permanent rather then having to re-seed every 3-4 years. It takes two years to establish but then it's good to go.
The twist is to no-till corn into the clover, bandspraying the rows with Roundup. The clover between the rows acts to suppress weeds and unlike soybeans produces a tremndous amount of usable nitrogen. In many university tests as little as 50# of nitrogen was needed to produce corn yields comparitive with regular corn.
The Kura clover eventually grows back into the rows after the corn has set ears, and the whole process can be repeated the next year.
What a foodplot! Corn and clover, no tillage required, less expensive nitrogen and the clover makes a great living mulch so the corn can be planted on HEL without fear of erosion.
Food for thought.....
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/Kurademo.PDF#search='kura%20clover'
http://www.ampacseed.com/endura.htm
http://www.ampacseed.com/cornproductioninkura.htm
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/KuraAlbrecht.htm
The twist is to no-till corn into the clover, bandspraying the rows with Roundup. The clover between the rows acts to suppress weeds and unlike soybeans produces a tremndous amount of usable nitrogen. In many university tests as little as 50# of nitrogen was needed to produce corn yields comparitive with regular corn.
The Kura clover eventually grows back into the rows after the corn has set ears, and the whole process can be repeated the next year.
What a foodplot! Corn and clover, no tillage required, less expensive nitrogen and the clover makes a great living mulch so the corn can be planted on HEL without fear of erosion.
Food for thought.....
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/Kurademo.PDF#search='kura%20clover'
http://www.ampacseed.com/endura.htm
http://www.ampacseed.com/cornproductioninkura.htm
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/crops/uwforage/KuraAlbrecht.htm
