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Post by houseodessey on Nov 7, 2008 23:02:59 GMT -5
So I sometimes feed the goats a pelletized mix of soy, corn and something else that escapes me now. Will the corn pellets act as a pre-emergent spoiler? I'm considering tranferring the waste that my goats have neglected over my beds but don't want to if it will prevent my seeds from germinating.
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Post by canadamike on Nov 7, 2008 23:27:59 GMT -5
I would tend to suspect so. It's all a matter of corn gluten content really, but frankly I do not know how long it will stay ''alive'' before being decomposed. What worries me the most is if it is cold enough to slow degradation, it might keep it intact for longer. I would compost it if I was you, or put it where you will transplant stuff, just to be on the safe side. But I have no clue about how cold it gets in your winter, especially at ground level, which will depend on the night temp. also. To me you live in the tropics anyway  |
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Post by johno on Nov 8, 2008 15:06:25 GMT -5
First, goats are pretty good digesters, so I doubt if it would be a problem at all. Second, if corn gluten did make it through the goat, I think that if you let the manure lie over the winter, even your short winter, on the ground, it would be fine to plant seeds in a few months, or less. If it were me, I wouldn't be concerned.
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Post by canadamike on Nov 8, 2008 17:29:01 GMT -5
I think she meant leftovers!!  |
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Post by johno on Nov 9, 2008 13:17:06 GMT -5
Oh. Yeah, that might be a problem... But I still think that it would break down over the winter.
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Post by houseodessey on Nov 9, 2008 15:11:35 GMT -5
Michel was correct Johno. I wasn't particularly clear when I posted. I think I'll clean out my asparagus beds and put the leftovers there. It won't help with the bermuda but may keep some other weeds out. I do use their manure on my garden and it seems to help out a lot and it doesn't burn them so that's a plus, too.
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Post by canadamike on Nov 9, 2008 15:49:00 GMT -5
House, I do not know how much manure your animals can produce, but I would make sure I have a hefty pile of it for my cucurbits in the spring. Melons can grow in pure shit, so do melons, in fact they just love it, even fresh poo can be used. especially with melons, the best techniques involve the use of fresh one.
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Post by Alan on Nov 11, 2008 23:21:31 GMT -5
Hey House,
this is just my advice, but I think it is sound advice in a "just in case" sort of manner. I would build a small compost pile out of leaves and anything else you can find that is brown and compost the leftovers, your manure, and organic scraps there if you can. The easiest way is to pick up a few pallets and lay one on the ground and put three or four up around it to make a bin, mix your material, throw a little water on here and there, and you would be suprised how quickly it would heat up and just how hot it will get, this will cause it to decompose faster and remove many of the qualities that you are worried about, you should be able to find pallets for free at feed mills or hardware stores around time and then all you have to do is throw them together. Just flip the compost once two weeks after you start it, and then once again two weeks after that and you should be good to go!
Hope that helps, at least it would be off of your mind, and you would know that you did what you could to avoid issues, not to mention you would be making some great fortified OM.
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