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Fri, Mar 18, 11 at 21:06
| Didn't see this anywhere so I'm gonna go out on a limb... I was at the feed store today looking at alfalfa pellets for my garden when I realized that alfalfa hay was cheaper. 50# bag of pellets is $14 and 100# of alfalfa hay is $16. Any reason people choose pellets over the hay? Is it just the convenience and the added molasses? Won't it work just as well as a tea if I use the hay as a mulch around the plants and water it? Or am I missing something? |
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| Not sure where you live...here you can buy a 40# bale for 2 bucks in season. Yes, it's convenience, but I'm not sure you'll have the same results as a tea, rather doubt it. You need to steep it. |
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- Posted by carolb_w_fl 9/10 coastal (My Page) on Sat, Mar 19, 11 at 10:03
| I thought the pellets had a bunch of other ingredients (grains, etc.)besides alfalfa? @ least the kind I buy does - it's sold for rabbit food - & it's $5/25#. The pellets break down a lot faster than hay too. |
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- Posted by humboldt101 7b (My Page) on Sat, Mar 19, 11 at 14:58
| Thank you both for your responses. Alphonse- I live in Northern California. Humboldt/ Trinity Counties to be exact. Guess it's just more expensive here. But... Would it be the same if I steeped the hay and added my own molasses? |
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| The alfalfa pellets sold here don't have molasses, it's simply shredded leaves, highly compressed. At $2/bale I mean right off the field when they're baling. You get all the stems too, not just leaves. I don't see why your tea would be any different...if it has stems likely just need a bigger brew bin. |
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| Check out Farm coop's, they are cheaper then many other outlets. |
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