Re: CULT:alfalfa bits?
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT:alfalfa bits?
- From: w*
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 08:54:41 -0500
- Priority: normal
On 22 Apr 01, at 9:15, sdkeller wrote:
> Has anyone had the experience of alfalfa bits causing moss to grow in the
> beds? I applied it last September and this Spring, as the snow melted I
> found most of my beds have a moss growing everywhere. Sally Keller SE NY
> state, zone 6
I had used alfalfa sporadically over the last few years after
joining this list, and since so many people praised it, I have gotten
into it big time in some areas of the garden. In the areas where it
has been used extensively (maybe overused), here are the results:
1. Overly tall stalks with gigantic flowers.
2. Green scum or moldy soil.
3. The worst case of leaf spot I have ever had.
4. In the beds with no alfalfa, none of the above.
I think where the alfalfa pellets are tilled in, you don't get
leaf spot. I am going to stop using it as a top dressing because I
think that is the source of the leaf spot and the moldy scum.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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