Alfalfa

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I have been growing some mustard greens and alfafa seeds for my dragon. I am going off the beautifuldragons website information and I'm a little bit confused because it says for alfafa that she can have the plant every day but the sprouts only occasionally. I know I'm being a bit thick here but what's the difference? Is the plant just the green leafy bit at the end? Or do I need to wait for the alfafa to mature and grow fully before it can become her staple?

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Cimorene

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My assumption is that by sprouts they mean newly germinated seeds consumed whole (seed casing and root and all), and by alfalfa they mean leaves/stalks without any difference between old and new growth. Boxes of sprouts used to be common in grocery stores until there were several recalls a few years ago so that's what I pictured when I read the list.

(edit) I also have a rabbit and I found a rabbit website that states that "from 1 to 6 days after sprouting, sprouts have higher levels of alkaloids," so perhaps this is the reason.
 
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