Re: horse/alfalfa pellets

From: wmoores@watervalley.net

> From: John Montgomery <monashee@junction.net>
> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> I seem to recall that perhaps two years ago, someone was
> gathering data on the use of alfalfa.  
> 
> If I am remembering correctly the person in question was
> not a list member.  Anyway does anyone know if any results
> have been released yet?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> John Montgomery


	I will release my own.

	I have been vaguely aware of the use of alfalfa pellets for 
sometime but didn't get interested in using them until reading all of 
the messages about them several years ago on iris-l.  According to 
the reports on iris-l, the results of using the pellets were 
outstanding - a real tonic, like Hadacol or Geritol - the irises really 
liked them.

	For me in my garden, the use of alfalfa pellets is a total waste 
of time and money.  I have incorporated the pellets while making 
new iris beds, I have top-dressed, and I have made tea for use in 
the spring and summer.

	I see no growth or bloom improvements by using alfalfa pellets 
(horse or rabbit).  I haven't even seen a sickly iris perk up. (I even 
stuck about a pound of it under BOOGIE WOOGIE to see if it 
would make it boggie on up and bloom...didn't work).

	I do detect a terrible order in my garden after a rain.

	I see scratched earth and holes where wild things have come in 
and made a mess while searching for a free dinner.  The alfalfa has 
attracted them.

	Maybe, alfalfa pellets work somewhere, but they are of no use 
here.  I have tried them repeatedly, too, and it is doubtful if I well 
ever use them again.  Sometimes, I think of the new plants I could 
have bought with the money I wasted on alfalfa.

	Walter Moores
	Enid Lake, MS 7/8 USA (found a stalk on the JI HATSU 
KAGAMI, which usually doesn't bloom until June)

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