Clover help needed please

[HazyXmas]

I have a four acre paddock that i haven't had to use this year due to there being so much grass. I walked down to have a look at it this morning & was horrified to find that it has become almost completely over-run with clover.
It has always had some, but i would say that it is now about 95% clover, masses of it swaying in the breeze...........what can i do? Should i have it topped? Should i leave till mid-winter & let them graze it then? Should i spray it & get rid of it?

Thank you in advance for any advice

 

[joeanne]

you might want to get the soil tested, nitrogen fertiliser can help, as clover fixes its own nitrogen in its roots, the grass could well be lacking and therefore giving the clover a chance to spread.

 

[AprilBlue]

you might want to get the soil tested, nitrogen fertiliser can help, as clover fixes its own nitrogen in its roots, the grass could well be lacking and therefore giving the clover a chance to spread.

i think jeoanne is right but leave some clover left over because it is a good herb/plant to calm horses down, so if you have a very temperemental or high-strung, easily spooked horse then you can put it in the paddock and it can graze for a couple of hours and it will be less likely to be like he was.

 

[AprilBlue]

oops sorry, never mind me, i got it totally wrong!

dw about what i said

i thought you said CLEAVERS not CLOVERS

silly me

 

[JenHunt]

clover is a natural nitrogen fixer - i.e. fertiliser.

IMO if you can leave it until after the first hard frost then graze it off hard over the winter then you will solve a lot of it. Then, in the spring get soil tests done to work out the best mineral fertiliser for your soil and apply that (after harrowing and before rolling) then your pasture will be much improved!