I like the idea of the soda bottles for small batches in my own garden. I
thought of transporting it in 6 gallon water cans in my car, but I think
I'll make it onsite at the dog park. I guess I'll also have to apply it at
night after all the dogs have gone home, as I suspect some might be enticed
to roll in it......

"Starlord" wrote in message
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It will smell like someone took a look sized pee in it! I make the tea for
my plants and I have the mix sit out in the hot mojave desert sun and I
have
to do it out in my desert field as it can stink to the sky. Plus I use HAY
and the hay is usefull for building new beds, I lay down the used hay and
pile the dirt over it, my iris love it. I have used 2lt soda pop bottles
to
put the tea in, closed the cap and set out in the sun for a week, almost
need a gas mask when I open them to use the tea.

"cat daddy" wrote in message
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"escape" wrote in message
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 23:23:27 -0600, "cat daddy"
opined:

Has anyone made fermented alfalfa tea? I want to use it to feed
pecan
trees. They say you'll know when it's ready............


a simple search brought up about 50 websites which answer this, but
this
is the
most simple:

In a 5-gallon bucket, put 1 cup alfalfa meal. Fill bucket with water
and
let it
sit overnight. The result will be a thick tea. Apply generously to
the
root
area of shrubs and flowers or use as a foliar spray after straining.

Yep, I know how to make it from info on the web..... }:-) I've used
soaked alfalfa pellets as a compost starter in the past. The one I'm
going
to follow is to take a 30 gallon trash can, cover tightly, and let it
ferment for a week. Most of the sites hint at what it will smell like,
which
could be described as recreating a cow's stomach with the resulting
smell
of
manure. I hope to get a 50lb. bag today and I'll also be adding Epsom
salt.
http://www.nurserysite.com/clubs/peninsular/tea.html

We're already using coffee grounds (~200 lbs. per tree) for slow
release
nitrogen and zinc, and I wanted a quick boost of nitrogen as well as the
triacontanol growth stimulant and other trace goodies that alfalfa meal
promises.

So, I was wondering if the fermentation process was worth the wait,
considering. I'm a serial aerobic compost tea maker, so I'm looking
forward
to adding this stuff to my organic arsenal and am fishing for comments
about
it......