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]

Originally Posted by BlueJayWay

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


https://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.co...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