RE: Pallets to improve circulation and decrease disease /manure/dog doo
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- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 20:44:56 PST
It will also kill your lawn. Where ever it lays it will turn you grass
from green to brown around it.
Harry Hurley
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>From: Kristina and Dave <ickes@tiac.com>
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>Subject: RE: Pallets to improve circulation and decrease disease
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>Hi
>In my experience dog doo is too acidic to use as soil improvement.
(ruined a flower bed...all turned yellow and died!)
> I believe it is because of the meat products they eat.
>Kristina
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>Sent: Thursday, January 07, 1999 5:29 PM
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>Subject: Pallets to improve circulation and decrease disease /manure
>
>I found this short idea in May/June 1994 Organic Gardening and would
like to
>know any opinions about this technique...
>
>By Bette Bonnet from Front Royal, Virginia
>
>"Pallet-Raised Squash
>The wooden pallets that I get for free from a local bread bakery are
put to
>many uses in my garden. Their newest use is as support for squash
plants;
>raising the vines up off the ground improves air circulation and makes
the
>plants much less susceptible to disease.
>
>Before planting the squash, I first put down a mulch of paper feed bags
(we
>buy a lot of chicken, goat and hog feed) to keep down weeds and retain
>moisture. Then I cut holes into the bags, plant the seeds inside those
holes
>and put the pallets down on top of the bags. The squash germintates
and grows
>right up through the slats in the pallets. Within weeks, the pallets
are
>completely covered by the vines and nary a fruit is touching the
ground!
>
>I've been thinking too hard about how to grow my pumpkin, my family is
worried
>about me. I'm wondering about that dogfood gertilizer ideal. If
dogfood is
>good for the soil, it seems that processed dog food would be even
better! I
>am wondering what the composition of Dog doo doo might be?
>
>Here are some statistics from Organic Gardening May/June 1995 for
>Sheep/Horse/Cow
>
>Pounds per ton: N P K
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Sheep manure 20 9 17
>Horse manure 11 6 13
>Cow manure 9 6 8
>Dog manure ? ? ?
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