Re: RE: Fertilizer

Hi,

There is a trick.  Put the pellets in hot water for an hour and then spread
them.  They will have broken down to a mush which will then be easy to use
and dig in.

Char, New Berlin, WI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DFerguson@cabq.gov>
To: <iris@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [iris] RE: Fertilizer


> For what it's worth:
>
> Have a hunch that unless you are looking at nation-wide distributors, and
> using the same product and same manufacturer, that there is a lot of
> variation between regions, brands, and individual products (it's probably
> been at least 25 years since I paid even remote attention to Alfalfa
> pellets, but I'll bet that there are dozens, if not hundreds of somewhat
> different variations on the theme).  So, I suppose that might mean it
would
> be a good idea to find out what it is in it beforehand, no matter what
> animal it was made for.
>
> We have even bought dog kibble that had big whole chunks of vegetable
> matter in it, including whole kernels of corn.  Guess it's a way to bring
> the price down in the cheap brands?  Maybe supposed to appeal to
> vegetarians who want there carnivorous animals to be the same way?  It was
> generally more obvious when cleaning up the "processed" product than
before
> it went in the mouth.  Dogs (nor people) digest whole chunks of things
like
> corn or beans or peas very well.
>
> Till I joined this forum, I never would have even thought of the idea of
> using something like Alfalfa pellets as fertilizer.  The variety of topics
> and amount of participation here is great.  Now after all the discussion,
I
> think I might give the Alfalfa a shot.  I'd probably have to turn it under
> here, it would probably take a decade or two to break apart lying ion top
> (have four year old Sunflower stalks that look pretty much the same as
they
> did four years ago - maybe a bit darker, and fewer seeds).  And those cow
> pies, even rabbit pellets, they last for years too, if they're not under
> the sprays.
>
>
> Dave
>
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