Re: Spraying TBs/alfalfa tea

In a message dated 97-03-02 23:56:26 EST, you write:

<< We have also started putting down our pre-emergent and I have even
 started using the alfalfa tea (mush) on my little guys.  Since this is
 the first time I have made tea I was wondering if I did something
 wrong.  >>

Dana,

I am at present an agnostic when it comes to alfalfa tea.  I use the pellets
by mixing them into new or redone beds, and by working them into the soil of
established beds I am not redoing.  Someone mentioned that the pellets are
unsightly---I have not found this to be so.  Even if you don't work them into
the soil, if you hose them down, or have a good rain, they disintegrate
rather quickly.  

Re the alfalfa tea, I  question the efficacy of  foliar feeding.  Logic tells
me that this is a lot of work for dubious benefit.  Putting the alfalfa
directly into the soil does wonders---even if the tea works, why bother?  

The pre-emergents I am aware form a slight film over the soil.  If the soil
is disturbed after application, that area will be susceptible to having
weeds.  If the alfalfa mush is to get into the soil to work, I would think
that one should put it on BEFORE putting on the pre-emergent.  Clarence Mahan
in VA
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