Alsike clover transplanting

Hello Permies! I love cover crops, especially perennial ones. I always have a nice spreading stand of dutch white clover but there’s one drawback; not much biomass. I find crimson clover to be a mixed bag here it’s well. Pros: it’s stunningly beautiful and is a great winter cover crop. Cons: it’s not perennial, it’s expensive and seems to hate my acidic clay soil.
I found this alsike clover growing by the road. It can reach a height of four feet, and is a short term perennial. I have to have it in my gardens! There’s a couple ways clover spreads. By seed or runner. Much like a strawberry, the runner can be cut and rooted in water or soil. I’m trying both. We’ll see what happens….

My system for red clover is to cut it after the seed head turns brown but before the seed is released and use it as mulch to reseed where I want it.  The goats used to do this for me plus adding the fertilizer pellet.

That’s a solid plan Hans. Mine start looking rough and die before the flower heads brown. There were several that went to seed but never reseeded.