Anyone growing this in their AP?
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| Author: | Zman [ Aug 31st, '11, 10:30 ] |
| Post subject: | alfalfa |
Anyone growing this in their AP?
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Aug 31st, '11, 10:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
I've tried "this" and "that".... "that" went better... 
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| Author: | Zman [ Aug 31st, '11, 11:50 ] |
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Dammit! lol |
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| Author: | Bushy [ Aug 31st, '11, 12:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
What you going to do with it Zed man ? Its only used for stock feed... good if you have chooks In the real world [as opposed to AP, lol ] alfalfa or lucerne as its called here has a tap root of up to 10 meters |
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| Author: | Zman [ Aug 31st, '11, 12:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
Dammit i just had a look what alfalfa was, I was thinking they were bean sprouts lol. I might grow some to see if the silver perch wants to take a stab at them -_- Apparently its got a high protein (up to 35%) content and soluble fiber. |
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| Author: | Bushy [ Aug 31st, '11, 12:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
The seed is used for salad sprouts... thats prolly where you got the idea. It is one of the highest protein fodders around.. thats why used in race horse feed. |
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| Author: | furnaceboy [ Aug 31st, '11, 12:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
It is also used as a "green compost", as it is a nitrogen fixing plant in soil. You would not be able to grow enough in AP to get a usable amount. It is also a very low value plant, and your beds would be put to better use growing something more pallatable. I can't imagine that the SP would touch it. It is commonly pelletised, and you could get a small amount of it from a feed store to try for very cheap. Beats tying up a growbed IMO. |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Aug 31st, '11, 12:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
Gee Furnaceboy... I didn't know you were one of Methuselah's Children.... Ever since arriving in Australia... I've thought I was a "stranger in a strange land"... 
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| Author: | Zman [ Aug 31st, '11, 13:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
RupertofOZ wrote: Gee Furnaceboy... I didn't know you were one of Methuselah's Children.... Ever since arriving in Australia... I've thought I was a "stranger in a strange land"... Its because we dont "love" our sheep the way you do back home right
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Aug 31st, '11, 13:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
Indeed.. there is "time enough for love"... |
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| Author: | mantis [ Aug 31st, '11, 13:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
Or run whitebait in our ap systems 
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Aug 31st, '11, 13:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
Nah... Mantis... too hard to keep eels from periodically slipping out and disappearing toward the Coral Sea... |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Aug 31st, '11, 13:36 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
Come on Furnaceboy.... help these illiterate peasants out.... 
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| Author: | furnaceboy [ Aug 31st, '11, 14:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: alfalfa |
I don't know, they let me in, being a Canadian and all...... |
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| Author: | RupertofOZ [ Aug 31st, '11, 14:12 ] |
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The character Lazarus Long (From the author Robert Heinlein)...
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