![]() As long as you can get to the plot by ATV or on foot, this process is still an option. ![]() This method is popular in areas where it is difficult to get a tractors and equipment when the ground is wet in the spring. Most any method of broadcasting seed will work, ATV and hand spreaders are typically the most accurate way to evenly distribute the seed across a plot. When the soil temperature rises in the spring, the seed will germinate and begin the growing process. This movement helps to create excellent seed to soil contact. The seeds get caught in the cracks created by the heaving process, and this, is in essence how the seeds are “planted.” When time-lapse photography of this period is viewed, the ground appears to come alive because of all the movement from the soil expanding and contracting over and over again. In the latter part of the winter the moisture in the ground freezes at night and then thaws during the day and the process tend to make the soil heave up and then contract. Frost seeding clover requires the soil to be thawing, freezing and heaving. Heavy thatch and vegetation may keep the seed from making it to the soil. ![]() Ideally to frost seed successfully you need exposed soil or plots that have been browsed down and contain a lot of open areas. ![]() Frost seeding clover can be a great technique to get an early start to the spring growing season and get one of wildlife’s favorite perennial food sources established. ![]()
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