Yeap David, Michele is a wonder, full of knowledge and she shares with a smile!!!
Have you tried alfalfa pellets?? It sure gave my plants a huge growth spurt last fall when I used it. I'm pretty sure Michelle uses it too. One bad thing about it. It attracts fungus gnats by the boatload. The pellets go through a fermenting stage and boy do the gnats love it. They don't hurt the grown plants to my knowledge at all. But, they can cause problems on baby seedlings and seeds that are in pots. I have a problem with them in my greenhouse.
I will state for a fact: I had fungus gnats 5 years ago in my greenhouse and there wasn't an alfalfa pellet in my possession. So I had them before I started using alfalfa pellets. I think they are everywhere whether we know it or not. But, with my plants in pots(90%) they swarm around the pots big time.
I'm still using the pellets even though I know they will bring more gnats. I don't care enough to stop using the pellets. They are not hurting my grown plants and the pellets helped my plants to get huge, or I thought so. Let's see if I can show you a photo from last fall.
I just love showing my seedling photos after I started using the pellets. I was amazed at how big they got. I'd say they increased in size maybe 2 - 3 times more than they were to start. I had never had them get nowhere near this big.
