Feeding with Alfalfa

[Neo 420]

Swayze

I brew my alfalfa in a 1 quart mason jar, with a teaspoon of molasses, about 1/8cup of Alfalfa. 24hrs later I add this to a 5gal bucket, then add another quart of water, 2inch piece of fresh aloe and a teaspoon of Protekt.

Why the molasses?

 

[h.h.]

Forgive my ignorance but what form is the yucca, dried extract? Just curious, I have some growing in the yard. Time to harvest that bitch and put it to use, thanks!

Before you go ripping up your landscaping, understand that not all yucca is created equal.
Yucca used for decorative purposes doesn't have the same saponin count as yucca native to harsh areas, at least it doesn't work the same.
I prefer it somewhat dried and partially composted, or better yet ran through the worm bin.

 

[h.h.]

wow this one is old........lol

Nope ....just us.

 

[vonforne]

Nope ....just us.

got that right!

 

[dogfishheadie]

was looking for another thread and figured i'd give this a bump. just picked up a #50lb bag today and was wondering what the hell I was going to do with all of it. cheap, simple and beneficial. i'll take it.

 

[BlueJayWay]

Just got meself a #50lb bag of organic alfalfa pellets, woohoo my first time getting a hold of actual listed organic alfalfa - fuck monsanto!

OH, and I have a container i recently harvested and planted alfalfa in it, it's growing like crazy we shall see if keeping one container of alfalfa 'off to the side' in the flower room will continually provide enough alfalfa for my teas, which isn't much really.....

 

[benzo]

can I use alfalfa, from a bale of alfalfa the same as the pellets or meal?

 

[BlueJayWay]

Hell yeah

some people will bust open a bale and run it over with the lawn mower until you have "meal"

 

[benzo]

Hell yeah

some people will bust open a bale and run it over with the lawn mower until you have "meal"

ooooh fantastic idea.

we were gonna use a big ass blender, but that would take FOREVER.

thanks for the speedy tip

 

[StayBlazinDawg]

I have been playing with Alfalfa Meal for about year and had a few questions for cyberspace. Rule of thumb i have read say alfalfa based teas are more for veg and fungal mat made teas more for flowering is that bullshit? I have predatory mites and those little white worms in my soil I want to keep them happy, plus add more bugs and ecology to the plants while feeding will both alfalfa and fungal keep the bugs and future bugs happy for teas. I have started top dressing with my compost chalk full of predatory mites I have been cooking in my trash cans to keep the ecology pumping.

 

[BlueJayWay]

I call bullshit - my flowers don't grow into strange alien looking plants because they were fed an alfalfa tea a week before harvest

The entire garden (rooted cuttings all the way to full flower) is fed the same thing every time, whatever tea it happens to be, if a plant well into flower is still nice and green then I just dilute the 'tea' a little more....plants that are obviously finished with their growth cycle and senescence has set in, and I'm just waiting for trichs to change and maybe a little more swelling of calyxes - well those plants are pretty much done 'eating' and feeding them heavy is pointless, water only if they need it..

...otherwise, in a living soil the plant creates a relationship with the soil and gives and takes what it needs - immediately available nitrogen in the alfalfa tea is the only thing to watch, there's no need to go heavy with nitrogen on a plant that obviously doesn't need it - that's it....

 

[Scrappy4]

Hell yeah

some people will bust open a bale and run it over with the lawn mower until you have "meal"

I remember Cootz once advised chopping up materials with a barrel and a weed whip. A big heavy duty box might work too. This method would make clean up easier.

And if chopping up bales sounds like too much work, you can grow in the bales.....scrappy


http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com/straw-bale-gardening.html

 

[MedicalGrower]

yep
lawn mower does a fine job of chopping up Alfalfa flakes...

 

[Fruitilicious]

great idea im gona try make my own canna boost using this recipe

 

[silver hawaiian]

Excellent thread.

 

[Gelado`]

Using alfalfa in flowering will boost yields, but I am going to taper off with the application through flowering because it is also nitrogen rich. Alfalfa has done wonders for my plants' vigor.

 

[Chili_berkster]

Cool thread.

 

[igrowone]

been using alfalfa tea quite a while now
old thread, but it's an old technique, hard to beat the classics
molasses/alfalfa tea, breakfast of champions