Alfalfa as a staple veggie? Questions!

[tyryce]

I have seen on a website that Alfalfa was recommended as a good staple for the veggie part of the diet. I can only get fresh Alfalfa in the spring and summer. I can however get Organic certified Alfalfa pellets at this time of the year and mixed with some water would this provide some good nutrition in the veggie diet.

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this or has added Alfalfa to their beardies diet. I had thought that Alfalfa was always high in Nitrogen...I know Alfalfa is rich and I think when feeding it to cattle it has to be in moderation (but I am no expert on that). Any comments?

 

[LQDragons]

everything I've ever seen about alfalfa says fresh only

 

[tyryce]

Okay, Thanks!

 

[Paradon]

I used to buy the dried alfalfa pellets for rabbits for my iguana, but he never ate much of it so I stopped giving it to him. Yes, you can use the dry one. I added a little fruit juice to it so it taste better.

 

[neecie]

I've been thinking of growing alfalfa in a few pots - but the only place I've found to buy the seeds is online for minimum 7 lbs..............they assume folks have land to plant in a field. I do know the alfalfa sprouts are NOT recommended for beardies - too bad huh, that would be handy for both of us.

 

[tyryce]

Neecie,

Maybe if your near a seed distributor like here in Canada we have Pioneer seeds ( Agricultural distributer for seeds/fertilizer etc) they would probably hand you over like 10 seeds which is all you would need. Once Alfalfa gets going it grows well and it will regrow from the root. Do you know anyone that farms with a hayfield that contains Alfalfa...they could get you some seed or another idea is that I know here Alfalfa grows in the ditches along the rural roads in the rural areas and you could collect seed that way but you would probably want to make sure that the grasses and ALfalfa wouldn't have been sprayed. If you really want seed the girl I work with..her parents farm adn she could get a hold of seed for you...It would just be like mailing a letter..put a few seeds in an envelope and mail it down!? Not sure how much space you would need but a full grown Alfalfa plant takes up about 1 1/2 ft by 1 1/2 feet and gets a couple of feet tall. you would probably want the creeping root variety because taproot Alfalfa can get roots that are up to a meter deep or something. Maybe you have a small area in your yard where you could plant a couple of plants.

Danielle