Richard
03-23-2008, 01:21 PM
Last fall I purchased over a dozen 20 lb bags of Alfalfa meal on clearance sale from my local nursery. The N-P-K is 2-0-3, almost perfect for bananas and many other plants. To obtain a minute amount of phosphorus and trace minerals, I am supplementing with kelp extract. The performance has been great. All of my subtropicals are thrilled -- and in part because of the nearly perfect sub-tropic winter we just had, but the tell-tale sign is that my Leptospermum continentale has never been so happy. There appears to be a flower bud at every single node on the plant!
One negative to alfalfa meal is that after wetting it clumps and dries in mats similar to the behavior of ground peat moss. I found it necessary to either mix in with mulch before applying or break up the mattings with a cultivator afterwards.
One negative to alfalfa meal is that after wetting it clumps and dries in mats similar to the behavior of ground peat moss. I found it necessary to either mix in with mulch before applying or break up the mattings with a cultivator afterwards.