I have discussed the merits of alfalfa meal and triacontanol for years. Mentioned it in my recent grow thread as “slop” to wet down my bulk custom mix. Post #1 Doing the root pruning thing again, this time with MicroKote - #79 by OldUncleBen
They were upcanned to MicroKote treated pots Xmas day in my custom Soil – sand, vermiculite, BM7 soil less potting soil, 1 cu. ft. Landscaper’s Pride pine bark mulch/fines, blood meal, bone meal, alfalfa nuggets, gypsum. The slop is not a rebound from eating too much spicy Mexican food, it’s a slop made from soaking a qt. of small horse nuggets aka alfalfa, in a bucket of water and using it as a soil moisturizer/nutrition. Alfalfa contains triacontanol, a growth hormone.
And for the record, I buy horse nuggets in the 20# bags from a ranch feed store. They are cheap.