Re: Alfalfa Pellets X Files Version
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Alfalfa Pellets X Files Version
- From: G* O*
- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 18:16:55 -0500
At 05:35 PM 2/21/00 EST, you wrote:
>
>There must be another way of getting the nutrient benefit that alfalfa
has, to
>the soil in some other form. Believe me, you don't want a vole infestation!
>
I've been using alfalfa meal as the nitrogen source in my late winter
compost piles for years. Usually buy the time I get all the leaves raked
and ground, there's not much in the way of green material around. So I use
a sprinkling of alfalfa meal. The one year I used pellets I think I used
too much and got some matting down and anaerobic decomp.
I also recall one study (I don't recall seeing a journal article, just
heard a presentation at a scientific meeting) that tested anti-pathogen
effects of compost using different kinds of parent material, and they found
the best results from piles with straw and alfalfa. Again, don't recall the
details, but I suspect they used whole alfalfa rather than the ground,
packaged product. I'll see if I can't track down the author.
Gerry
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