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An implemented assault on Clover...


With the wet weather that we have experienced for the past two years, the clover has taken a stranglehold on some of our rough areas. Our department uses various methods to control clover. We use back pack sprayers around greens, tees and bunkers with a liquid herbicide. We use a large boom sprayer with a liquid herbicide in the vast areas of the course. Last but not least we use a granular herbicide to spot treat areas of high concern. We have applied herbicide to all of the areas around greens, tees and bunkers. We are doing our best to get out with the boom sprayer to control the clover in the larger areas around the golf course. Unfortunately, the rainy, wet weather that helps the clover flourish, also prevents us from spraying. We need dry conditions with minimal wind to apply the product properly and safely. To eradicate the amount of clover that we have will take a couple of years, but with diligent planning and effective management of these areas we will control it.

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