Re: CULT: Alfalfa Pellets
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Alfalfa Pellets
- From: "* A* M* <w*@Ra.MsState.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 18:17:19 -0600 (MDT)
> Well I will relate my experience this last spring. I spread alfalfa
> pellets over my Iris beds so that about 60% of the soil surface was
> covered. Then I wet it down and each pellet swelled up to about three
> times its original size. Not only that, but when I had scattered them on
> my iris beds, I didn't realize how many of the pellets caught in the
> iris fans and on top of the rzs.
>
> So I ended up with an inch or so of wet, soggy alfalfa mush on top of my
> rzs. I was not a happy camper. Had to go in and scrape each rz clear.
> When the mush eventually dried out it was sort of crusty. Since I use
> mostly drio irrigation, I had to direct water several times to wash the
> nutrients into the soil.
>
> So, I would never recommend applying alfalfa pellets as a top dressing
> UNLESS they can be tilled in prior to planting the rzs. I
>
> John | "There be dragons here"
> | Annotation used by ancient cartographers
> | to indicate the edge of the known world.
>
My experience with alfalfa pellets was the same as John's, and
when I use them again, I am going to do exactly as he does.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS 7/8
