Hi there. Want to feed lawn this weekend. Local feed store out of SBM and Cottonseed. CGM only special order and very $$$ here. What's best choice: cracked corn or alfalfa pellets. I would lean toward Alf, but note that alfalfa has ingredients that I'm not sure about: dehydrated alfalfa and sodium bentonite. Maybe a little of both?? Thank you!

Both cracked corn and alfalfa are pretty low in Nitrogen. Alfalfa has naturally-occurring Triacontanol, a natural growth stimulant.

+1 Andy. Given the low-N nature, if that's what you're looking for I'd be inclined to skip it and try again next week.

There's always Milorganite...

A little soil support and growth hormone cant hurt either, so I'll put something, while I keep checking for high N stuff. Is that alfalfa going to be ok w/ those ingredients? There was a discussion elsewhere but it was left unresolved. Thanks!

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Yes, that's fine. Sodium bentonite is a drying agent (an impure clay), probably to keep the dehydrated alfalfa from getting sticky in the bag and turning into a big lump of re-hydrated alfalfa. It's edible, and rarely used at more than 1% of the mass.

Dehydrated alfalfa is heat dried to remove water, shrink it, and make shipment easier and cheaper. No problems there; it rehydrates when damp and rots like normal alfalfa.

The alfalfa itself is about 2.5-1-2, so a low-nitrogen hit, but does contain the growth hormones, so there's absolutely no issue with adding it.

Thank you Sir!

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got lucky, they found two bags of CSM after all. That's going down tonight. Alfalfa will get its day soon enough.