[Scpg] -SBOrgGdn- Gopher Stopper Clover -- a nitrogen fixer that deters gophers!

[loren luyendyk]

You can find this plant growing all over the place.  picture  I am sure you could collect your own seed if you wanted.
It has a single stem and it reaches about 2 ft high.  I think it just deters gophers from eating itself, not other plants, kind of like gopher spurge.  If you did a 3 ft wide strip around your garden it might keep gophers out.  But the unknown good benefit of that would be lots of nitrogen rich biomass!

Loren Luyendyk
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Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:36:07 -0500
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Last night at the meeting of the Santa Barbara Rose Society, we had a 
speaker from Rincon-Vitova who shared a lot of info on beneficial insects and 
other organic methods.
 
One I thought people might be especially interested in is Gopher Stopper 
Clover (Melilotus indica or sourclover) which can be ordered from 
Rincon-Vitova.  It's a winter-annual legume in Calif and flowers April - 
October.  Contains coumarin, which is toxic to rodents (and livestock, if 
you happen to have any -- so care is required).  
 
It's definitely what permaculturists call a "stacking" plant - multiple 
functions.  It has been used as a green manure and cover crop in citrus and 
other orchards.  It improve heavy soils because of its deep roots and 
increases the water-holding capacity of all soils.
 
Rincon-Vitova is at www.rinconvitova.com
 
Linda
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