Greener grass without water or fertiliser

A new clover type much smaller than ordinary clover is the result of ten intensive years of breeding trials. The clover is called microclover and gives greener and more attractive lawns while reducing the need for water and fertiliser.
“Microclover lies under the grass like a carpet, and helps to keep the grass green all the year round – even in dry periods. The clover also produces nitrogen, which the grass needs in order to grow to a healthy green colour. Consequently a considerable reduction in water and fertiliser is possible,” explains Mogens Toft Jensen, Head of Marketing at DLF Trifolium, which is the worlds largest producer of clover and grass seeds.
<_p22_ />Microclover is already a success on golf courses, football pitches, at festivals and with landscape gardeners, who appreciate the little clover which makes grass healthy and green without taking over.
“We already use as little nitrogen (fertiliser) as possible on our football pitches. But on the pitches where we use microclover, we can further reduce consumption by more than 40 per cent,” says Carsten Petersen, Parks Department, Skanderborg Municipality, Denmark.