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- Clover in the garden: a short profile of the meadow clover
- Wanted poster for the meadow or red clover
- Reasons for using as green manure
- Use the meadow clover as a natural remedy
- Tips
For one unloved weed, for the other easy-care ornamental plant: the clover
Clover in the garden: a short profile of the meadow clover
The "official" clover genus Trifolium includes more than 245 subspecies. The most well-known and agriculturally most used representative of this kind is the meadow clover (Trifolium pratense), which is called because of the red blooms also as red Klee.
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Reasons for using as green manure
The meadow clover and other types of clover can serve as green manure in the garden or in agriculture, as they provide via the root nodule bacteria for an accumulation of nitrogen in the soil. In addition, the impressive root length of red clover also ensures that compacted soils are deeply loosened and thus prepared for the subsequent culture of crops. When using red clover as green manure in the garden but should not be exaggerated, otherwise it may sometimes come to an infestation with the clover. It is a beetle whose larvae eat holes in the shamrocks and feed on the flowers.
Use the meadow clover as a natural remedy
The meadow clover is edible like other clover varieties, but the consumption should not exceed a certain extent due to the contained oxalic acid. The flowers of red clover are commonly used as a decorative and tasty ingredient in the following foods:
You can sow the red clover for use in the kitchen in pots or even germinate in a special germination device for sprouts. Then the seedlings can be used after about 5 to 8 days like cress. The red clover is said to have health benefits in the following conditions:
Tips
The flowers of the meadow clover can be dried and used for the preparation of teas. For 2 heaped teaspoons of meadow-clover blossoms are brewed with a cup of hot water. After about 10 minutes, you can strain the flowers and sweeten the tea with honey if necessary. Do not drink more than 3 cups of red clover tea per day and do not continue the red clover cure for more than 5 weeks.