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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 10, 2015 11:48:48 GMT -5
I found a woman nearby who is now giving me her rabbit manure. She says fresh rabbit, cow and horse manure do not burn roots of plants, that you can use it straight in the garden like chicken manure would...but that it did need to be tilled in. I told her that I don't till in the spring time but would put it in the ground in the fall and till it under then. Is that possible? I told her I learned that you had to wait a month before that fresh manure could be used. She laughed at me.
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 10, 2015 12:02:15 GMT -5
Well, she is partly right. Rabbit manure is considered "cold" manure and some consider it safe to use fresh- even with veggies. Many others, however, are on the side of caution and do not ever use it fresh, composting it first.
However she is way off on chicken, cow and horse manure. They are "hot" manures and NEVER should be used fresh. Always compost these.
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Post by lisaann on Apr 10, 2015 14:57:34 GMT -5
Compost it Pea,
Don't use it this spring and summer fresh. Put up a wire circle and compost it till fall, and then till it in and let it sit in the soil till spring and then plant.
I composted bunny poop two years ago just like I mentioned.
I don't care what anybody says, I am not using fresh poop out there in the spring. Nope. And those rabbit pellets would stick to your shoes too! Yuck!
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Post by ncgarden on Apr 10, 2015 15:06:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't use my horse manure until it looks like dirt, and not apples!
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 10, 2015 15:59:24 GMT -5
LOL, ncgarden!
Lisaann, I already told her I had leaves ready to mix it up with. But I did tell her in the fall I will take all I can get and till it in then..
DW, I would always be cautious with manure...I added some of it to the garlic compost for the fall and most of it went into the leaves.
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Post by brownrexx on Apr 10, 2015 16:21:48 GMT -5
I never put manure directly into my garden, no matter what kind it is. I dump it into the compost pile and let it rot. First of all I don't want to SEE poop in my garden and secondly I like to be cautious about pathogens.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 10, 2015 16:51:16 GMT -5
So I am on poop patrol daily to clean up doggie doo, especially in the garden areas. That will come to a screeching halt once the fences go up. Princess is learning where "her" areas are and which are MINE!
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Post by tbird on Apr 10, 2015 17:15:36 GMT -5
LOL! Two pieces of advice for you:
Cent #1: Listen to the folks here....
Cent #2: don't take her excess produce!
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 10, 2015 19:38:37 GMT -5
Cent #2: don't take her excess produce! ( pea- she can laugh all she wants, but that was rude. I always take the cautious route too, with any manure. But it is striking how many people feel rabbit manure is safe.
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Post by kimmsrđź•Š on Apr 11, 2015 6:23:22 GMT -5
There are about as many myths about animal manure as there are people to tell them. All manure, whether from humans or animal, has the potential of carrying disease pathogens and so the manure needs to be handled with care. For very good reasons the Center for Disease Control recommends that no manure be spread on a garden sooner than 90 to 120 days before harvest, whether laid on the surface of tilled in. Just keep in mind that over the last 10 years there have been numerous recalls of food products because of E Coli, Listeria, Salmonella, etc. contamination from animal manure.
The single most bestest thing to do with any animal manure is properly compost it before putting any in, or on, your garden.
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Post by ecsoehng on Apr 13, 2015 13:39:55 GMT -5
Rabbit manure is great stuff though so take what you can get.
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Post by James on Apr 13, 2015 18:02:47 GMT -5
Hmmmm, I dunno........ I grew up an a farm. we had dairy cows, and horses, and pigs, and chickens. Yes, all of these critters produce manure. Yes I have been literally doused in Cow Shit on many occasions. Just happens when you are with these miserable, onery, kickin, poopin, critters twice a day. Even worse in the spring when they go on the first green grass. They can raise that tail and let a stream fly that hits the wall of the barn 7 feet behind them. Traveler, beware!
Yes, the quarters where all these critters hang out must be cleaned out now and then. Nothing to do but grab a pitchfork and get with it. Think you can do this without gettin any on ya? Good Luck.
What to do with the manure once you gather it up to haul it out? It goes on the land for fertilizer of course. (Compost it first if you like, but do put it on the soil)
Can't say I know of any health problems that ever came of this exposure, other than to say the smell and taste is awful when a cow hits you in the face with a shit covered tail.....
Sorry for talking like that, but I grew up in the barn........ the mod can delete it if it is inappropriate for this venue.
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Post by lilolpeapicker on Apr 13, 2015 18:54:49 GMT -5
I got your whiff, james
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Post by gakaren on Apr 13, 2015 20:59:10 GMT -5
I can relate to all that! It doesn't do anything for the milk either when it flies off that "loaded" tail and gets into the milk bucket! ???
Ours went into the manure spreader and when that was full it got put on a field somewhere....so that all the fields got some over the period of the year...and especially the garden areas & hay field.
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Post by desertwoman on Apr 13, 2015 22:40:47 GMT -5
This is too darn entertaining to delete!
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