If cows are feed the same materials from the kitchen as I would put on the compost would their manure improve the garden soil as well as if I made compost with those materials?
2007-04-21 17:18:29 · 7 answers · asked by saha 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If it is truly well rotted cow manure it will be the best thing you can use. I would start with using it as a side dressing to your plants, or make some manure tea and water with that. It is like liquid fertilizer. Your compost pile needs to have a combination of browns (old stuff - dead leaves, your well rotted cow manure, etc.), and greens (fresh stuff - grass clippings, veggie peelings, etc.). You will need to continue with your compost pile if you want to continue to have a good planting medium, because while the manure is a good fertilizer, it will not work alone - it will be too strong to plant in directly - it will burn the plants. If you need further ideas as to how much you need, take several soil samples from your garden to your local home extension office and have them tested.
2007-04-21 18:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by Deedee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go out to a farm and see if they have some composted manuer that you could pick up. Some may charge a bit, but most will just point you to a pile in the field or whatever and tell you to have fun. It may not be organic as such (i have alot of trouble calling things organic. I prefer the term natural. It means no chemicals, pesticides or herbisides etc, that are known about but there is a chance that it got into the system somewhere.) We always put a layer in our garden at home and grow lost of veggies. Just a warning though. It may have more weed seed. Just make sure to stay ahead of them and you should not have any problems.
2016-04-01 01:10:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, yeah...in a perfect world. But, I would be a little wary of just what cows are being fed these days. I know what comes out of my kitchen, and I know what I put on my grass clippings, and I know what is in my dead leaves. I have no idea what goes into cows, horses, or other animals.
I tend to be very careful about what I put in my vegetable garden, lawn, and around my fruit trees - a little less so around bushes and flowers.
You are correct to qualify with the word "rotted". I suggest that you include layers of the stuff in your compost if you feel it is safe and get the benefits of both.
2007-04-21 17:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by SafetyDancer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the compost you can buy in the store is made from cow manure. It is very good for the soil and has been being used as fertilizer for centuries.
2007-04-21 17:33:14 · answer #4 · answered by Truth is elusive 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good well rotted farmyard manure best all round
2007-04-21 17:45:41 · answer #5 · answered by stephen g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So long as it is not fresh, it is better than compost for fertilizing.
2007-04-21 17:21:57 · answer #6 · answered by ButwhatdoIno? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can make your own :) also
2007-04-21 17:23:17 · answer #7 · answered by greenday1012003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋