Mine has never produced anything with stickers and I have never heard that about Sainfoin before. It is a comparatively large seed pod which makes it a little more difficult to plant than tiny seeds like clover. It gets really pretty purple flowers. I have a combination of Eski and Rocky Mountain Remont.
The ONLY negative I have personally experienced with Sainfoin is it doesn't establish as fast as other things. The first two years mine looked kind of thin and unimpressive (could have been due to my very short growing season at 10,000' or the difficulties I had planting it). I reseeded it both years and I was almost ready to give up on it. Then I got up there this year and it has exploded and looks fantastic.
I have also sucessfully used 24DB on it and it did fine. I have also used 24DB mixed with a half rate of round up and it did ok. Set it back a little but it didn't die.
I officially love the stuff.
Last edited by wbuffetjr; 08/24/17 08:34 PM.
