Getting rid of clover organically from a lawn involves a consistent effort of covering the clover with topsoil, sprinkling grass seed and shading out the clover. Persistently eliminate clover from a yard with plant tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.
Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner
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Clover is pretty, helps feed bees, and naturally fertilizes your turf. Just a thought.
I want it to go the other way around, maybe I can compost over the grass and throw clover seed on it? đ The grass is the weed in my yard.
clover is great for the lawn, I don't know why this useful plant is so hated. It's fixing nitrogen, supporting wildlife, aerating soil, and dies when it warms up, turning the lawn over to the warm season grass. It replaces so many unsustainable practices.
whats a nice grass seed for upstate ny? Great video.
Don't get rid of clover, it is there for a reason, it fixes your lawn. Calling clover a weed is another trick just to get you to buy nasty fertilizers/pesticides.
to many people like clover, i however like a nice green grass free of eye soars like weeds and clovers. Kill the Clover!!!! it can grow in any field it's want, but not my lawn.
How can you mow over this area then when you've got mounds of dirt and grass seed?
Why would you want to get rid of clover?.. what?.. does this woman know what clover's function is in a lawn.. or any field in general?
Are you normal? If you give clover any kind of 'breathing room' to grow, it just chokes the life out of regular grass. It grows fast and spreads like wildfire.
Is this what you call a 'useful plant'? For every 5 clovers I remove, 10 new ones take their place. I suggest that you get more information on this.
The more you exercise poor management practices, the more clover will "take over" it's correcting soil problems. Like compaction, pollution, and nitrogen deficiencies.
if anything takes over over the grass it is because there is a niche for it to grow. the "supposedly" weeds have more reasons to grow there instead of a monoculturistic lawn. stop thinking in terms of what you prefer to grow and try to see what wants to grow. it is hard to think outside of the conventional box but if you like gardening you must like nature to an extant, so why would you go against it and not try to go alongside with it? …
why going at war against our surrounding and desperately fight to change it so it suits our personal fits when we can peacefully adapt ourselves to our environment like all the other creatures and organisms? this wouldn't make marginals of us, just more respectful, respectable beings.
driven mad by the constant need of money for everything. lawn is the proof that humans are prisoners of their old-fashioned self-centered mentality and that supports the self-inflicted disease called GREED
you, us, your lawn, and clover are part of the one home we share: earth. we are all part of the same cycle so we should do our part (not killing the other because we don't like the look of it) and live together. see the big picture for crying out loud!
at least no nasty chemicals are involved, congratulation
Die hippie clover lovers!
This is so backwards from every other organic lawn care idea out there!!! Â Clover takes Nitrogen from the air and plugs it into your grass, that is why the grass around the clover grows so much better. Â Not to mention the benefit of attracting bees and other healthy insects to the yard. Â Let the clover go!
Woodstock clover worship relax and unwind brother
I had grass at one time, now my lawn is all clover..
may work in 2 years. Clovers are prolific and grow faster then the grass, choking the grass out.
have yo even looked for 4 leaf clovers
I am also in the Northwest can you tell me the brand of seed that you are buying and from where?
how about digging that shit out and then adding compost.
Why do you want to get rid of clover in the lawn? It fixes nitrogen into the soil thus HELPING the grass by feeding it. It is also drought resistant and helpful for pollinators.
Anyone else feel like they are listening to Bob Ross sister lol