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  1. 06-19-2012, 03:40 PM #1
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    Anyone else use dehydrated cow manure for fertilizer?

    For years I would rototill our little garden and have the soil tested and use whatever was recommended by the "experts" as far as fertilizer and additives to the soil and it really just seemed like Mother Nature was going to dictate how it was going to be anyway. So this year, I didn't rototill, just dug the hole where the plant was going and added dehydrated cow manure-so far the results have been very good! The person at the local garden shop said "that's as good as anything" and so far it seems to be working just fine; I also am putting some on the top of the soil by the base of each plant so it soaks in slowly. Anyone else use it?

    I also just covered the lettuce with some boards and other stuff to keep the pounding sun that we are supposed to get the next 2 days off of it in hopes to extend its growing period.

    I'm also in a war with a red-tailed squirrel who for some reason other than to be a nuisance is chewing some of my cornstalks-I sprinkled some deterrent (pepper and other things) around the corn and so far it seems to dislike it. Let's see who wins this battle!
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  2. 06-19-2012, 04:10 PM #2
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    Dehydrated??? Is there a process for that, or do you mean that it was just left to dry out on its own before you put it on?

    I'm no expert, but I agree that the Good Lord gave us far better (and cheaper) fertilizer than anything we can manufacture.

    I haven't used any, but I was planning on getting a trailer full from a local guy but never got around to it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by unclemoustache View Post
    Dehydrated??? Is there a process for that, or do you mean that it was just left to dry out on its own before you put it on?.
    It was bagged just like the "regular" cow manure but without the smell lol! I asked the clerk at the garden center if it was as good as the regular stuff and she said "I think it's better". Same price as the regular stuff so I figured the neighbors and the wife would appreciate that!
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    The dehydrate it so it's a lot cheaper to bag & ship.

    Mine gets dehydrated...after a year or so The area that was the bottom of the last year's spreader load is still a bit soft!!!
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    Was it composted? If not then there can be viable weed seeds in the manure. I have several tons of composted Black Angus manure (the best) that I would be happy to give you for free. Just pay the shipping.
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    Composted horse manure here.
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    we have a lot of chicken houses around here,,, the farmers get the chicken poo for the fields,, i am talking 30-40000 chicks per chicken barn,, home growers either use chicken poo or cow poo
    i wouldn't put any kind of pepper around your corn like that,, the corn will absorb it through the roots,,, it sounds like you might have rabbits chewing on the stalks
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    Quote Originally Posted by o8f150 View Post
    i wouldn't put any kind of pepper around your corn like that,, the corn will absorb it through the roots,,, it sounds like you might have rabbits chewing on the stalks
    It's squirrels that are chewing it-I've seen them do it; we have a small fence to keep the rabbits out.

    It's a commercial non-toxic product made to "deter" critters from chewing on plants and one of the ingredeints is pepper-I'm keeping it away from the stalks and it lays on the black tarp that we put down every year to keep the heat in and the weeds down, so I don't think it will get into the ground at all. And so far it SEEMS to be working!
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    I always hate to hear of gardeners who buy manure in a bag....dry or otherwise. There are many, many good sources for raw materials for composting. So many that if your are buying it in a bag, you are doing it wrong. A big part of gardening is about building soil.
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    PA, I'd travel around and stop at a local farm and ask for a pickup load of ####, I'm sure they'd be happy to help you out.

    Start composting too, no need to waist your hard earned money on bagged manure.

    I have 4 cows and in the fall I clean the pen and cover the garden, then plow it under, then in the spring time I do the same thing except then I rototil it in.

    I need to clean the chicken coop this fall and I'll make a pile of that #### and mix it in with cow #### and let it compost and mellow out. I hear chicken #### is way to hot to add fresh to a garden.

    I live on very very light ground, my first garden sucked. This is my fourth year and the soil is dark and heavyer, and a ton of earth worms.

    I don't compost much, all the table scraps get fed to the chickens and they do the recycling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Del_ View Post
    I always hate to hear of gardeners who buy manure in a bag....dry or otherwise. There are many, many good sources for raw materials for composting. So many that if your are buying it in a bag, you are doing it wrong. A big part of gardening is about building soil.
    Last night I had to go to Menards and there was a family who bought about 25 bags of compost in front of me......

    I also get a kick out of topsoil in a bag.
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    If I get some time I'd like to take our dozer and back hoe to my place and make a hugelculture bed. I hear of great results by doing that, but I don't seem to ever get the time to do the work
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