2006-08-27 05:33:45 · 20 answers · asked by JANICE B 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Human manure is not good for fertilizer due to the fact that the human diet is full of non-plant materials, which causes severe problems with bacteria. Human excrement (along with pretty much anything which eats meat as a primary food source) is unsuitable for growing plants.
Herbivores, however (Horses, Cows, et. al) have a different bacterial makeup to their excrement which is beneficial to plants. They are effectively walking compost heaps with hooves.
Cheers!
2006-08-27 05:44:12 · answer #1 · answered by giles1101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if its been processed properly. There are several companies that make this very thing from sewage sludge.
Dont go poop in the compost pile, though, any meat eater has pathogens that you dont want in your compost. Even if you are a vegetarian, you still harbor pathogens.
No dog, cat, wolf, dinosaur or vampire poop either.
Stick with herbivores, especially chickens, rabbits, cow and aged horse manure.
2006-08-28 00:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, modern sewage plants do resell human manure to farmers and the like. Human manure may be more toxic due to what humans eat and excrete.
2006-08-27 12:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Usually the animals are vegetarians. There is compost in their manure. People, and other omnivores or carnivores, have different enzymes in our manure. Have you ever seen the lawn "burn" where a dog poop was?
2006-08-27 15:20:09 · answer #4 · answered by tigglys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is not.. as humans consume totally different diets than that of the animal... animals manure is good fertilizer for the fact they feed on the grass and trees bugs and such .. they feed off the land .. and return to the land .. humans feed off of well you really dont want to know what exactly we consume
2006-08-27 12:40:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never use it in a food garden. Some townships are using processed sewage for landscaping fertilizer.
2006-08-27 12:42:04 · answer #6 · answered by googleplex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we eat meat therefore our waste is not the best for using as manure
2006-08-27 12:40:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES. It is called night soil in Asia and is very popular. In the US it is preferred for organic produce where you can't use chemicals - an old Hippie trick to get closer to the earth.
2006-08-27 12:37:37 · answer #8 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if it is not for food crops! In a lot of countries outside of the US it is used that way. But it can spread illness if used on food crops.
2006-08-27 12:38:47 · answer #9 · answered by Albert F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but don't start dumping your baby diapers in the flower beds. Besides human waste has fast food in it and that can't be good.
2006-08-27 12:39:41 · answer #10 · answered by Nani 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋