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David Hare-Scott[_2_] · 03-11-2009, 01:28 AM posted to aus.gardens

terryc wrote:
On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:23:39 +1100, David Hare-Scott wrote:

wrote:
not sure what lupin mulch is but would expect like lucerne mulch
hay it has lots of nutrients to add as it breaks down, what price
is it?

Lupin hay is cut from a field of lupins which are a flowering legume
used as fodder. It is closely related, perhaps a cultivar, to the
lupin grown in flower gardens. It is a way of getting fodder that
is high in nitrogen compounds (utilised by stock to put on muscle)
and so is very similar to lucerne. It is excellent organic material
to put on your soil as it adds nitrogen as well as carbon.

so who sells lupin hay?

Feed merchants and the farmers who grow it. If it is feed quality it would
be fairly expensive bought in small quantities especially in the city.
Spoiled hay is much cheaper and just as good for the garden as a mulch
and/or a soil improver.

David