How Do You Grow Clover Food Plots?
Clover is among the most low-maintenance, fastest-growing plants to put in a deer-feeding plot. Deer-feeding plots are places planted with foliage that are deer’s favorite foods. These plots are usually on cultivated hunting grounds, but they could also be used the same way people use bird feeders–to observe and photograph the deer. Clover is good for these plots because it is a perennial that self-propagates. It needs little preparation or care and is easy to plant. Plant clover seed early in the spring, right after the ground thaws. Choose an open area that receives partial to full sun and has moist, dense soil. Till the clover plot by pushing the tiller blades 6 inches into the soil. Turn the tiller on and push the tiller slowly up and down the plot until the soil is loose and fine. Add about 1/2 lb. of mature compost per square foot and till again. Inoculate your clover seeds. Clover needs Rhizobim bacteria to harvest nitrogen from the air as it grows. This bacteria comes in the f
