I hatched and raised some chicks and I used kitty litter for their bedding. Now I wonder if it's ok to use that in a flower garden. I know that the chicken manure is good, but is the kitty litter itself bad? as far as I know it's just clay.
2007-03-10 09:37:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Let a North Dakota "Master Gardener" get his two cents in. First not all cat litter is created equal, some is organic, like pelleted wood or alfalfa. The rest are clay either fired or unfired. Unfired clay (the clumping type) is the slippery when wet stuff we're all too familiar with. The fired clay like Hartz Ph 6.5 isn't soluble in water and I've used it as a substrate in various hydroponic set ups, aquarium plantings and orchid cultures. With chicken poo added to any of the litters above, you have a fairly good to great soil or compost amendment. As a Master Gardener I'm supposed to tell every one not to use carnivore poo in the garden, so there I've said it! But in my gardens I use the goodies from my very large dog and all his friends as well as my 5 cats in the compost pile. True there are issues with pregnant women and cat scat but I don't plan on getting preggers! I do have the luxury of aging my compost piles three years but I wouldn't hesitate to use it sooner. Anyone who thinks the neighborhood dogs, cats and feral animals aren't using your yard as their bathroom now and then are delusional, so wash your veggies. One more thing, the perfumes and other additives are as benign as the ones in your shampoo. RScott
2007-03-10 14:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kitty litter won't loosen the soil. It's clay. Unfortunately the manure is probably all mixed in because it's runny stuff, isn't it? I'd just dump it in a pile somewhere and let the grass grow over it. Don't put it anywhere that people would walk because there will be slippery clay for a long time.
2007-03-10 10:53:17 · answer #2 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spreading a small amount of soiled kitty litter can be useful to deter pests who are considered "food" for carnivores like cats. The urine, esp. from the female cat, is malodorous and frightens gophers, small animals away. HOWEVER, regular use of kitty litter is not recommended because clay clumps together; too much of it will cause problems including the inhibition of release of natural nutrients in the soil. If you have a garden pest, drop bits of the litter and feces into or near the den and/or hole. Otherwise, file 13 all other soiled litter. The added chemicals are not useful in a healthy soil.
2007-03-10 09:50:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jonigirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like it would be just fine to me. The kitty litter would help loosen up the soil, and the chick manure would be good if it wasn't too strong and wouldn't "burn" your plants. I would give it a try:)
Good Luck!!
2007-03-10 09:43:51 · answer #4 · answered by kandl722 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rooster manure is 'warmer' than horse. meaning that sparkling manure ought to burn your flora. in case you utilize rooster artwork it into the soil yet provide it a month or 2 till now you plant. Horse manure may well be used on latest flora. yet do no longer enable it touch the stem and supply flora quite some water/
2016-11-24 19:07:42 · answer #5 · answered by isador 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend against it, there are chemicals in it to hide scent adn things like that, just get some leaf mold.
2007-03-10 09:44:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may absorb too much water???? also add coffee grounds for plants, they love it, ask your local coffeehouse for their grounds
2007-03-10 09:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋