Re: [compost_tea] re clover in lawns.

From: Steve Bridges <steve_at_texasgrown.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:37:59 -0500

Clover is nature's way of remedying compacted, low N soils. In soils with e=
nough N you won't find clovers. Not enough N in tea? Still need a good orga=
nic fertilizer?

My backyard grew thick with burr clover in the unimproved soil when the hou=
se was first built. Since that area has been turned into a vegetable garden=
, with compost and other soil amendments added, the clover has disappeared.=
 My soils are slightly acid...

Missing? Aeration, remineralization, and paying special attention to gettin=
g some N out there.

Steve Bridges
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jeff Lowenfels
  To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:23 PM
  Subject: [compost_tea] re clover in lawns.


  Hi Doc (and others),

  Has any one you know tried using compost tea to control clover in
  lawns? My theory is that since clover is a nitrogen fixer and nitrogen
  fixing bacteria require alkaline soils, that good strong fungal teas
  would lower the pH enough to make the fixers and thus the clover,
  disappear. What am I missing?

  Cheers,

  Jeff L


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