I decided to see if dog poop had any value as a garden fertilizer. After licking up the yard, I selected a suitable candidate-about 5" long; 1" diameter. I buried it in a 10 gallon ceramic pot, to a depth of 8", then planted a dahlia plant. Results so far" excellent blooming, good sized flowers, vigorous growth. I know that excrement isn’t supposed to act as a fertilizer until it breaks down-what does my experiment show?
That typos + excrement = hilarity. ROFL
(Assuming you meant “picking up the yard.”)
That you don’t have opposable thumbs?
Ralph, how many licks does it take to get to the center of a 5" doggy poop?
Where’s the barfie smiley? :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
The grass in my front yard is weak and goes brown without proper watering. Nothing kills or stunts the grass in the backyard, that’s where my dogs poop. I do a poop pickup every few days but with the FL rains a lot of it just goes away.
That you don’t know the first thing about scientific control.
Its a good additive to compost piles, with kitchen and garden waste. Avoid using on edible crops, (same with humanure) except perhaps fruit trees etc.
Our dogs eat the cats poop…so I get the 2x whammy.:rolleyes:
That you planted the dahlia in high-quality potting soil.
While we’re on the subject, I smeared some dog poop on my face and I haven’t gotten any new zits in several days.
I tried that, but everyone was telling me to lick up my face.
Dog poop won’t be great fertilizer.
But some dog food is all corn, that poop would be better than meaty!poop.
All in all, I think it’s just not going to work very well.
But,
If somebody invented a composter
that used grass clippings and dog poo
a million dollars could be made.
Best. Haiku. Ever.
That you should have read up on the subject of using dog waste as fertilizer before starting your little project.
Given that even properly composted dog waste (and yours wasn’t composted) can harbor harmful organisms, this wasn’t a good idea.
I wouldn’t personally attempt to compost dog leavings because I couldn’t guarantee that compost, garden utensils or pots wouldn’t later come in contact with food crops.
If they can compost human waste, surely they can compost dog waste?
It’s always amusing to see what first-time posters have to say.
Doubly so when they comment on a Ralph thread!
We don’t compost our dog poop, but I have heard of dog poop composting systems. When I was reading up on worms, it was specifically mentioned that although the eggs are hardy, “high temperature” composting was effective in killing the eggs.
I don’t know much about “high temp” composting, though.
You did notice you commented on a two year old post, right?
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