Re: Cult - alfalfa as a cover crop

Dorothy Fingerhood writes:

> I would certainly have to agree with this (i.e., John Montgomery's
comments about alfalfa) .  It (=alfalfa) 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.

I would also second everything that John and Dorothy have said with the
additional observation that in the West, where it finds conditions more to
its liking, a stand of alfalfa can maintain itself indefinitely against
competition and even become invasive. I have alfalfa plants show up on my
property regularly although none has ever been deliberately sown here.

Jeff Walters in northern Utah  (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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