Re: Irises and Alfalfa
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Irises and Alfalfa
- From: C*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 12:55:14 -0500
In a message dated 96-03-20 04:46:23 EST, you write:
>In my experience, I have used alfalfa meal top-dressing in early spring
>as soon as new growth starts, or in the fall after bloom and rebloom; I
>have had very good results with either time of application. I am also
>curious as to when and how other people apply alfalfa and the kind of
>results they get!
My best results with alfalfa pellets have been achieved when I mix them into
the soil wihen I redo the iris beds. In one bed I tried doing half that way,
and then put the alfalfa pellets around the irises in the other half and
worked in the soil. The half which had the pellets mixed in the soil before
planting showed far better results...you could readily see the difference in
the two parts of the bed. But even the poor part of the bed was performing
better than beds where I did not use the pellets. Clarence Mahan
