[AlpacaTalk] RE: Beet Pulp/OT totally
<<Janice, you farm gals just crack me up - SEVENTY blueberry plants! I'm so
jealous, I love them but they don't do well here. I just planted ONE plant
and am babying it along in this heat we've had all week. 96 here again
today.
I just raked in a huge harvest myself - the one lone tomato off our poor
spindly remaining vine! : )
You've all convinced me to finally try the beet pulp for the alpacas and
also my one thin older horse - thanks, everyone!!!
SUSAN OLSON
Alpaca Loco
Riverside, CA>>
Oh no Susan, you are going to need more than one blueberry plant! Like
alpacas, they need buddies (for pollination) :-). And mulch mulch
mulch. Every year just keep piling on more mulch. I use newspapers
laid thickly and then cover with a layer of pine straw or bark chips or
whatever ya'll use over there in the tropics :-). They are very shallow
rooted and the mulch will help keep them cooler and help with the
watering and help keep the weeds at bay. I struggle with grass
constantly here. They are also acid loving, so if your soil is
naturally alkaline, you'll need to adjust the ph and use acid mulch -
like pine straw or pine bark chips. Blueberries are SO nutritious and
SO delicious. Everyone should have a few bushes in their yard. They
are care free, never need to prune, little to no insect or disease
problems. It will be several years before you can expect to harvest
your first bowl full. But they will bear for many many many
years....and they send up babies along the main root line so you can
expand!
Good luck! Hey if it's any consolation, I am extremely jealous of your
ability to grow one of my favorite (and most expensive) foods -
avocado!! And Eucalyptus. I used to have a fried that lived in CA and
he would send me a few bundles of E each year. I crush the leaves and
put them in the pot of water I keep on top of my wood stove. It smells
heavenly and is so medicinal and healthy for the respiratory system.
Unfortunately, he has moved back East so I no longer have a source :-(.
And just to bring it back to topic.....I think you will be pleased with
the results from beet pulp on your elderly skinny horse.
Warmly, Janice, shivering in NW GA.
Would kill for a fresh tomato and some fresh basil right about now. I
had to harvest all my basil before the freeze 2 wks ago.....made huge
batches of pesto.....yum yum. Now if I just had some fresh tomatoes to
go with it. But good nonetheless on homemade bread with some sun dried
tomato and olive oil.
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