CULT: Alfalfa, Pros and Cons

From: hipsource@aol.com

In a message dated 3/15/00 8:35:19 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:

<< 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. >>

I got some horse pellets this past fall to use both on the irises and on the 
other garden beds, especially the one with crappy dry shade soil that I can't 
cultivate much because of tree roots. I don't know whether it will chemically 
stimulate things or not, but I figured at the very least I'd be adding 
organic matter to the soil which is generally deemed a good thing. 

Since I don't have enough space here for a proper compost heap I have to 
amend my soil in less orthodox ways and one thing I'm trying--but not on the 
irises of course, is layering on some manure, alfalfa, and oak leaves in the 
fall. I figure it will eventually help things. 

Is it possible to use too much alfalfa? I'm not talking about the problem 
people have remarked upon wherein they scatter the pellets and water and the 
things swell and get mushy all over the rhizomes. What I mean is, have we 
heard any noise about repeated use of alfalfa making the soil too rich, or 
too hot ,or causing other problems over time?  

Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com

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