Sweet Clover

Yellow Blossom sweet clover is a biennial (2-year) legume that has a deep root system capable of pulling phosphorous and potassium up from the subsoil and redepositing it in the topsoil layer. It is very winter-hardy, drought tolerant, and has an average nitrogen production around 100 lbs/ac. Yellow Blossom sweet clover will produce the greatest summer biomass of any legume in its second production year, but it needs well-drained soils with a neutral pH for optimum growth. It should be noted, however, that Yellow Blossom is a host for soybean cyst nematode.