Re: Cult - alfalfa as a cover crop
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- Subject: Re: Cult - alfalfa as a cover crop
- From: D* F* <d*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 06:14:19 -0700 (MST)
At 03:54 PM 11/21/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Can there be ge0ographical differences with alfalfa?
>Here it is as perennial as an oak tree and harder to get rid of. White
>clover can be used in the manner suggested by John but alfalfa reallly
>needs a cover or nurse crop itself to get going and then it is certainly a
>weed if in an inappropriate place.
>
>It is a wonderful plant but I would say that it has no place in a garden.
>
>John Montgomery
>monashee@junction.net
>Vernon BC Zone 5
I would certainly have to agree with this. It is raised for hay around
here, and once established, an alfalfa planting is a hayfield for many
years, before grass and native weeds slowly overtake the alfalfa. I'm
afraid if it were used as a cover crop in a garden or iris bed, you'd also
soon have a hayfield, instead of an iris or veggie garden! It is a TOUGH
perennial.
