What to do with used cat litter?
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JDgreen
Lawn Addict
Join the club, we too have too much of it but I don't know a way to get rid of it, short of tossing it into the trash bin.
JDgreen
Lawn Addict
Let me get this straight...some of you use "USED" cat litter in a compost pile...:confused2: well how many of you use the compost produced on your garden for veggie crops, or on flowers? MY step mom is a master gardener, I am going to run this topic through her (pun intended) and get the straight poop (pun intended again) on how practical this is, and on whether it is a health hazard.
For those who have a compost pile, do you also use USED doggie doo, or if you are so fixated on the subject, simply take a dump on the pile yourself, hopefully in the dead of night? :laughing:
Oh Ooooo..
I guess I have been assuming with a name like JDgreen, you had a farming or AG type background... We use to have dairy and beef cattle... that is a source of THE BEST compost ingredient, next to chicken waste, we also had lots of chickens... FANTASTIC source of nitrogen for your compost pile...
Today with less actual productive farm animals around the next best ingredient is horse stall sourced...
sawdust woodshavings that are cleaned from horse stalls (daily) is also tremendious in a compost pile along with cat box litter (definitely used) and anything you dog or sasquach may leave behind... :smile:KennyV
RobertBrown
Lawn Addict
I've been told that the horse manure is less effective when mixed with wood as the wood significantly reduces the amount of nitrogen produced.
I've also been instructed by the county extension service to avoid waste from dogs or cats. I've equated it to the diet, herbivoures good for compost /carnivoures bad for the compost. I have also been told that urinating on your compost pile will help to get it going.
Relatives from Germany used to talk about the human waste used on the fields as fertilizer in the early part of the last century. I was told that the produce had to be soaked for hours before eating to avoid sickness.
I could not offer any evdience or proof one way or they other on any of these claims. I personally will use horse manure in the compost after it has cured somewhat. I honestly could not say how it affects it.
Most of us are probably familiar with "milorganite", it is supposed to be safe for vegetable gardens but marketed as an inexpensive alternative for chemical fertilzers for use on turf grass and lawns. Milorganite is made from sewer sludge and has been used for a long time.
I've also been instructed by the county extension service to avoid waste from dogs or cats. I've equated it to the diet, herbivoures good for compost /carnivoures bad for the compost. I have also been told that urinating on your compost pile will help to get it going.
Relatives from Germany used to talk about the human waste used on the fields as fertilizer in the early part of the last century. I was told that the produce had to be soaked for hours before eating to avoid sickness.
I could not offer any evdience or proof one way or they other on any of these claims. I personally will use horse manure in the compost after it has cured somewhat. I honestly could not say how it affects it.
Most of us are probably familiar with "milorganite", it is supposed to be safe for vegetable gardens but marketed as an inexpensive alternative for chemical fertilzers for use on turf grass and lawns. Milorganite is made from sewer sludge and has been used for a long time.