T wrote:
Hi All,
I caught a gardening show on the radio. They recommended
using alfalfa pellets after harvesting garlic and onions
whilst the soil was awaiting the next planting.
Make sense to me, but I do not know what I am doing, so I
am asking here.
it is higher nitrogen worm food, basically it's green
manure. you can grow your own cheaper than buying it
in pellet form if your conditions allow for you to sprout
and grow it without having to water it.
a nursery crop like buckwheat will give it some shade
and protection while it gets going. after the first
year it will grow very well. i've grown it mixed in
with birdsfoot trefoil and the trefoil would mostly
crowd it out, but both alfalfa and trefoil are good
nitrogen sources and good green manure crops to grow
if you have the space for it, but they both need to
be weeded because they provide habitat for weeds
under and around them.
By any change, do I risk alfalfa plants sprouting up
like weeds?
yes, but don't worry, they don't grow fast enough to
be an issue and even if they do grow you can chop and
drop them for extra worm food.
songbird
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