Interesting way to make more with less!

When I was trying to grow roses here, I made alfalfa tea per the ARS instructions:

Alfalfa Tea

Along the way I started calling it 'alfalfahol' as it smells rather pungent and my dogs would make a beeline to the drums I made it in. It really seemed to boost my plants though.

That is simpler that the Rodale instructions. A little longer but similar. No double tank and insulation. Sheesh , with Texas sun , who needs insulation. It might actually keep it COOLER and not warmer.

Like Lin I also made alfalfa tea. It was a little work but the roses LOVED it, and other plants too. But 'stink' is not a strong enough word for the smell of the tea. When pour day came was another time Bob would go around slamming down windows to keep the odor out of the house ... lol. The method discovered by accident with less smell would be nice, but now I just throw the dry pellets out there and water them in, which may not be ideal, but they slowly do their thing and I can really see the good effect on the plants and grass.

HMM. Rodale said that NOT to go till it smelled bad. Very very Interesting. Thanks for the warning about the smell.