After laughing though the vomit /wino/dead fish post on alfalfa tea , and reading that we can spread alfalfa meal instead, I am wondering what is the time difference we are talking about with tea versus meal? Will it takes weeks for the alfalfa meal to "nutritionalize" for the roses ? And if we "half rotted" the alfalfa in tea format - say it only smelled slightly grotesque - would that be slightly better than spreading alfalfa meal or is it an all or nothing thing so once we go for the tea we need to go all the way?? And also - would just spreading the alfalfa meal be better for worms, worse for worms or is this is a non-issue entirely as per worms? (I was lookling at the vermicomposting forum too as I am very interested in enticing mega worms to my garden!)

Thanks very much!

Chris