It's wonderful on all plants as well...my clematis get a couple doses a year of Alfalfa Tea...Jeanne

Thank-you very much for the swift reply, Jeanne! I appreciated it as I was going to use my 'tea' today.

ok ... i am going to stick my neck out here & ask a question i imagine everyone else knows the answer to ... which is: exactly what IS alfalfa tea???

also, i thought i remember reading somewhere that alfalfa pellets attract rabbits etc. ... yes? ... no???

thanks from phyl, who has alot to learn; but is *trying*!

Alfalfa tea is made from Cattle feed that is bought at your local Feed store...'cause it's nothing more than alfalfa pellets...if you would like the recipe..I'd gladly give you mine and yes rabbit food is alfalfa too!..Jeanen

soooo ... alfalfa pellets plus water make tea (?)

in liquid form, alfalfa won't attract rabbits? (the bane of my existence!) ... every yr. the miserable devils bite my vines off as soon as they start to grow ... i have chicken wire around most of them, but talk about ugly!!

I don't have rabbit problems but doubt they'd go after the liquid form...Take a 5 gallon bucket and put in 4 cups of Alfalfa Pellets...Fill the bucket up with water and sit in the sun...stir daily..once it starts to stink, which is usually in 5-7 days...then add 2 cups of Epsom salts and stir well and apply 2 cups around each clematis and water in..It's very important to ALWAYS STIR before scooping out because the goodies will settle to the bottom..this stuff is awesome..Roses especially love it as it creates new basal breaks which in return creates more blooms!!..Enjoy...Jeanne

I have an off-and-on problem with rabbits, so the alfalfa tea used to scare me a little, but what has worked for me is to just scatter the pellets around and water them well right away so they turn into a mush. That's all I do because I'm lazy, but if you aren't and you have a real rabbit problem, you could scratch the mush into the soil to make it even less appealing to rabbits, or make a real tea as Jeanne says. It's really easy and REALLY worth it. I use it in my entire garden, not just the roses and clematis. The only downside is that it smells bad, but try it and you'll probably agree it's worth it. Oh, and when you buy it, you have to get it without any added salt.