Trifolium
Red Carpet XL
Red Carpet XL 3-year red clover is a dual-purpose blend of improved red clover varieties fit for both haylage and grazing. Red Carpet® has demonstrated increased yields over Arlington, Marathon and Kenland red clovers. Red clover resilience (or lack thereof) is typically triggered by diseases that affect crown health. Most common red clovers (medium red clover included) typically persist for a couple of years before they fall victim. In many cases, a 2-year stand of clover fits the cropping cycle, delivering forage in a brief timeframe and providing a valuable nurse or relay crop for the ensuing cash crop. However, when the rotation allows, it makes sense to incorporate a 3-year clover. 3-year clovers have a stronger resistance to crown diseases that enables persistence into a 3rd year (or 2 years removed from the seeding year). The additional year provides at least 1 spring cutting, if not multiple harvests to greater supplement hay stocks.
Key features
- Best utilized for silage or spring hay
- Increased disease resistance to southernanthracnose & downy mildew
- May produce 3 cuttings on second-year stands
- Works well in rotational grazing programs