Re: Alfalfa was New Beds in zone 8 -Reply
Brian Cook wrote:
>
> Meum71 wrote:
>
> > let me warn you that wet alfalfa once it starts to rot in water smells bad.
>
> Oh man, is that an understatement! At our cottage last summer, I decided
> to make a little green manure tea to feed the garden so, I put some
> alfalfa pellets in a big garbage pail, added the water and stirred it
> around. We went home and returned 2 weeks later to find the most vile
> evil smelling concoction you could possibly imagine. It was absolutly
> nauseating to apply and the smell persisted for a couple of days until
> it rained. Really, it makes cow manure smell like Roses.
>
> On the other hand though, the results were so good that I will do it
> again but THIS time I will only leave it for 1 week, in the shade and
> apply it just before a good rain is forecasted. Iris are especially fond
> of this treatment and by adding the water it breaks down the pellets
> faster making it much easier to dig in and gives the plants a boost
> right away.
> --
> Brian Cook b*@interlog.com
> Toronto/Port Perry Ontario Canada
>
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heh heh heh....
I just LOVE the twists that this list takes....
Are you spraying this concoction on as foliar feed, or digging it in?
(gee, do you thing it would drive the customers off?_
I have to say that I spoke with someone who used that Bobbex Deer
Repellent from Conneticut. She has a nursery about an hour from here,
and said that the stuff they make it from did absolute WONDERS for their
plant quality last year. She figured that the blood derivitives in it
acted as a foliar feed.
And it kept the deer away.
The Greenhouse Nursery
81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 417-2664
Zone 8
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