Growth environment of four-leaf clover

Four-leaf clover is a rare variety of clover, which is rich in protein and minerals, resistant to cold and heat, and can be adapted to both acidic and alkaline soil. it can be used as green manure, embankment protective grass, lawn decoration, honey sources and medicinal materials. Let's take a look at the growing environment of clover.

Growth environment of four-leaf clover

Four-leaf clover has lax requirements on soil, can adapt to various soil types, grows well in acidic soil, and likes warm, sunny and good drainage environmental conditions. It grows slowly in drought, partially dies in high temperature season, is resistant to pruning and trampling, has strong regeneration ability, and can grow new leaflets within 10 days after pruning. It can be recovered in 3-5 days after high strength trampling or crushing. The cold tolerance was strong. When the temperature dropped to 0 ℃, some of the old leaves were withered and yellow, and the leaflets on the main root were close to the ground and stopped growing, but still remained green. It is easy to grow under strong shade, resulting in poor growth. Strong ability to resist harmful gas pollution and disease and insect pests.

Geographical distribution of four-leaf clover

1. World distribution: four-leaf grasslands are produced in Europe and North Africa and are cultivated all over the world. The countries that cultivate the most forage varieties are Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Denmark and the Netherlands. Breeders in other countries such as Sweden, Germany, the United States, France, Italy, Canada and Poland have also cultivated many famous varieties.

2. Domestic distribution: four-leaf clover is mainly distributed in temperate to tropical areas in China, and is semi-authigenic in humid grasslands, riverbanks and roadsides. Wild and cultivated species are distributed in Mengla County in the south and Shangzhi County in Heilongjiang Province in the north. There are about 10 wild species and more than 10 species or varieties introduced for large-scale planting, and more than 200 tested species or cultivated varieties have been introduced. 14 species and 162 varieties have been introduced and cultivated in Yunnan Province alone.

Planting value of four-leaf clover

1. Economic value: four-leaf clover has wide distribution and strong adaptability. it is not only a good feed for livestock, a good predecessor of crops, but also an excellent low crop covered by the surface of orchards. At the same time, it is also a soil and water conservation, honey source, medicinal, green manure and lawn cover plants and excellent land-keeping crops. Since it was successfully introduced into Kunming in 1970s, it has been popularized and applied on a large scale. It produces good economic, social and ecological benefits, which is suitable for artificial planting in a large area.

2. Medicinal value: four-leaf clover has sweet and sour taste, cool nature, and has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, detoxification and detumescence. It is mainly used for cold and fever, enteritis, urinary tract infection, urinary calculi, neurasthenia and other diseases. external use to treat falls and injuries, venomous snake bites, carbuncle swelling boils, tinea pedis, eczema, burns and other diseases.