Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Alfalfa pellets works wonders!!!, 1 by TamTam

TamTam wrote:
I'm not sure but I think the kind of water it gets determines the bloom color - some of mine do bloom blue, in the same place every year, but most are purple - deep dark purple gets lots of water; paler purple out in the "back forty" (haha), not so much water. The blue is actually around the woodpile, so maybe it's getting different nutrients. YES the roots are soooo much fun to dig out - I've let the alfalfa grow in "plots" for a couple years and then when I have something new to plant I pull out the alfalfa and glory in the gorgeous black dirt. I do not mind pulling it out, but they ARE very strong roots. Now, I live in a subdivision with just a regular yard - not a farm or anything. If you were doing this in bigger plots you'd want to use a tractor. I don't remove the "bones" until spring - figure the more they disintegrate the better the soil. Here's a pic of the alfalfa coming up now along my wall - you can see the "bones" from last year.