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new garden question
In article , Charlie wrote:
On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 23:05:31 +1000, "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote: Charlie wrote in message As far as the alfalfa, one needs to find the right balance perhaps. I think parts of my garden suffered from alfalfa meal overdose this year. At least I had what appeared to be nitrogen burn on some things that I likely OD'd with too much alfalfa meal and blood meal. Charlie I often use lucerne (alfalfa) straw as a mulch but I notice in another post that you refer to alfalfa pellets. Can you buy lucerne (alfalfa) in bales such as you'd feed to a horse as this stuff is magnificent as a mulch. Or even if you could buy it in the chaff form should also be good. It's ideal for gardens but not for cattle. My old lecturer when I was doing a farm animal production course used to say that feeding lucerne to cows was like feeding chocolate to children. I'm unable to find small bales locally this year, at least ones that aren't contracted or weedy as hell, and don't feel like driving thirty odd miles for a few bales. Most producers and farmers are now baling in the 1500 lb round bales. A bit unruly to wrestle into my small garden. ;-) I'm using chopped leaves and old moldy straw this year for mulch. I use alfalfa pellets and meal in potting mix and incorporated in compost and the mulch. Meal sounds like the chaff you mention. Meal is ground alfalfa which has the consistency of, say....hmmmm......wheat germ, and is good for incorporation or as a slurry with water in compost (thanks to catdaddy, gets a heap smokin'), but I find tends to form a crust when used as mulch. CHalrie No feed stores that sell in bales? 1500 lbs is a lot to buy all at once. Bales I get must weigh 50 lbs or so. -- Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative economic system. ~Channing E. Phillips http://tinyurl.com/o63ruj http://countercurrents.org/roberts020709.htm |
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