- What kind of clover has spread?
- Destroy hop clover with darkness or hot water
- Cut out hop clover - laborious but effective
- Effectively prevent hop clover in the lawn
When clover spreads across the lawn, the green grasses soon disappear and all that remains is a clover meadow. While white clover can be removed relatively quickly, hop clover is much more difficult. How to fight hop clover.
Hop clover is easily recognized by its bright yellow flowers
What kind of clover has spread?
Fighting clover in the lawn is not easy. First of all, you need to know what kind of clover it is. You can recognize hop clover by its yellow flowers and leaves, which do not resemble those of white clover.
In contrast to other types of clover, which you can simply uproot or destroy by scarifying, this is not so easy with hop clover. But there's no reason to resort to chemicals straight away. Hop clover can be combated with a few home remedies as long as it has not spread too far:
- darken surface
- hot water
- cut out
Destroy hop clover with darkness or hot water
Hop clover needs light. Shade the sites for a few days and the pesky clover will die. To do this, stretch a tarpaulin over the affected piece of lawn. The grass also suffers at first, but recovers very quickly.
Hopfenklee also does not get too much heat. Boil water and pour it over the lawn weeds as hot as possible. After a short time it disappeared.
Cut out hop clover - laborious but effective
You can achieve good results by cutting out the hop clover. However, you must make sure that you get all the roots, otherwise the plant will sprout again.
Loosen the soil with a stick and pull out the clover. If you can see cracks on the roots, you have to dig further.
Effectively prevent hop clover in the lawn
It is best to prevent an infestation with hop clover. It mainly occurs when the soil does not contain enough nutrients. Fertilize the lawn with horn shavings.(32.93€) This fertilizer contains a lot of nitrogen and effectively prevents the germination of horn clover.
Don't cut the grass too short. If the hop clover does not get enough light, it cannot spread.
tips
Vinegar and salt also do not like hop clover. When using it to combat hop clover, however, you should remember that these substances are also harmful to the lawn and microorganisms.