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Alfalfa Tea
I read on a bulletin board that alfalfa tea is good for roses?
Anything else? Thunder |
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"Rolling Thunder" wrote in message
... I read on a bulletin board that alfalfa tea is good for roses? Anything else? Thunder You mean fertilizers in general? Or recipes for alfalfa tea in particular? I use it twice yearly and then a mix of organic (seaweed, fish emulsion) and commercial stuff (Miracle Gro) during the growing season. Everybody does feeding differently. A lot depends on where you are, what kind of soil you have, etc. Best advice is to ask a local nursery or local botanical gardens. Or local rose society, if there is one. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 |
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"Gail Futoran" wrote in message ... "Rolling Thunder" wrote in message ... I read on a bulletin board that alfalfa tea is good for roses? Anything else? Thunder You mean fertilizers in general? Or recipes for alfalfa tea in particular? I use it twice yearly and then a mix of organic (seaweed, fish emulsion) and commercial stuff (Miracle Gro) during the growing season. snip Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 Gail, How do you make your alfalfa tea? I have a huge bag of alfalfa meal, and I don't have much patience for digging it into the soil around the rose, especially my large potted ones. I'd rather pour it into the soil in the form of tea. Do you do anything special, or just fill up a container of water and dump in a bunch of alfalfa meal? How long do you need to let it "brew"? Thanks JimS. Seattle (another) Zone 8, very different from Gail's! |
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"JimS." wrote
How do you make your alfalfa tea? I have a huge bag of alfalfa meal, and I don't have much patience for digging it into the soil around the rose, especially my large potted ones. I'd rather pour it into the soil in the form of tea. Do you do anything special, or just fill up a container of water and dump in a bunch of alfalfa meal? How long do you need to let it "brew"? Thanks JimS. Seattle (another) Zone 8, very different from Gail's! I use about 12 cups of alfalfa pellets per 30 gallon (trash) container. (I'm guessing a similar amount of alfalfa meal.) Add about 1/2 cup chelated iron, 2 cups epsom salts, stir and let it stew until it gets stinky. Couple of weeks, depending on weather. Pour it around roses at the rate of about 1 gallon per rose bush, 2 gallons per climbing rose, about 1/3 gallon per mini. Use dregs to make another batch (add more chelated iron & epsom salts) or dump onto compost pile. I do this twice a year, spring and fall. If I have more than roses need, I dump it on other shrubs in the yard. I haven't noticed it hurting anything. I use plastic gloves (those cheap medical type latex gloves) when doing this to minimize the smell I have to wash off my hands. BTW I do mean stinky. If you have neighbors who object to "natural" smells, you might have to soothe ruffled feathers. I live out in the country so organic smells aren't that unusual. The smell does dissipate pretty rapidly, within a few days. Gail near San Antonio TX Zone 8 oh yeah *very* different zone 8! |
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