[compost_tea] alfalfa hay/meal added to soil is critter food?

From: George and Paulette Mouchet <geomouchet_at_QNET.COM>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:37:33 -0700

I wasn't clear with my first question. Let me rephrase.

If I apply alfalfa hay or alfalfa meal to the top inch or so of the soil
(as a fertilizer), is it going to be helpful to the soil organisms? If so,
which organisms are most likely to be helped?

What about adding cottonseed meal to the top inch or so of soil?

Thanks,
Paulette

-----Original Message-----
From: soilfoodweb_at_aol.com [SMTP:soilfoodweb_at_aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:54 AM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] alfalfa hay/meal bacterial food?

It's all relative. In some work we have done, the cottonseed meal helps
out fungi more than the alfalfa hay, and meal.

In different conditions, the relative selection might be different. You
learn as you go.

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
SFI Corvallis, OR
SFI Port Jefferson, NY
SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
www.soilfoodweb.com


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