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Mar 25, 2016 4:26 PM CST
Name: Mayo
The Netherlands, Europe (Zone 9a)
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sooby said:
Sabrina, I'm not sure if alfalfa pellets would be easily available or cost effective for you there because, unless things have changed since I lived in Europe, it is not as widely grown there as it is in North America. I don't know what the Italian name for it is but another alternative name in some countries is lucerne.


Here in The Netherlands it wasn't easy to find alfalfa pellets either, but in the end I found them at a feed store Thumbs up
I think they are really great, if only because the slugs seem to like them better that my DL's Rolling on the floor laughing

Sabrina, perhaps there is a (horse) riding school in your vicinity?
Lucerne is often fed to horses Thumbs up

Mayo
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Mar 25, 2016 5:16 PM CST
Name: Ken
East S.F. Bay Area (Zone 9a)
Region: California
cybersix said:So I should mulch all the year long?


I don't make it a point to do so, and since neither one of us is in a climate which experiences severe winter cold, a thick layer of protective winter mulch isn't necessary. What I do is keep an approximate 15-25 mm layer throughout the summer. As the weather cools in the fall, let that break down over winter. Leave the soil uncovered in the early spring so that it will warm with the weather, and in the late spring or early summer, reapply as necessary to keep the soil surface cool and moist. Your worms will be happy you did.
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Mar 27, 2016 12:46 PM CST
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Name: Sabrina
Italy, Brescia (Zone 8b)
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The smallest seedling in the potting mix died. I checked and it had no more roots. I'm so stressed with it, they do well in vermiculite and not in potting mix (I used a common potting soil with peat mixed 50%-50% with one with no peat but with coir).
I'm tempted to put them in the ground.
They are really small but I'm not going to watch them in the pot!
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