Re: Re: CULT: Use of Alfalfa pellets, etc.
Nick Zentena wrote:
>
> On December 22, 2000 10:17 am, you wrote:
>
> > Alfalfa pellets are good and cheap, but I prefer HUMORE as it is so much
> > more controllable and easier to apply without the problems associated with
> > the rabbit/alfalfa pellets. The last Cross-Brand pellets I got out by our
> > Remington Park race track only ran $4.35 a bag of 50 pounds. The price
> > does fluctuate greatly with the futures market. Other places around here
> > can charge as much as $7.00 to $8.00 a bag for the same thing.
>
> Can I ask what Humore is? Or is that a joke-) Also can I get an idea of what
> the problems are with alfalfa pellets. I've still got a bag and half in the
> garage waiting for spring.
At a recent AIS convention Humore, perhaps used excessively,
<<seemed to be>> responsible for foliage growing mach larger
than normal, but with stalks as usual. Not a pretty result.
Of course other explanations are possible, such as weather.
I have not had any problems scattering pellets. I haven't
used as much as some have described, and the very dry
weather which prevails here may help, also.
Merry Christmas,
Gerry
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Gerry Snyder, AIS Symposium Chair, Region 15 RVP
Member San Fernando Valley, Southern California Iris Societies
in warm, winterless Los Angeles
my work: helping generate data for: http://galileo.jpl.nasa.gov/
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