# Meat grease/fertizer.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-grease-fertizer/613693>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 23, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-grease-fertizer/613693 "2012-02-23T03:37:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-grease-fertizer/613693/1 "2012-02-23T03:37:56Z")

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I have a bag of frozen meat grease (don’t ask).  
If it were to be poured in my garden would it help?

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-grease-fertizer/613693/2 "2012-02-23T03:41:55Z")

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When doing a compost pile, you are instructed to NOT add meat/protein/grease. It decomposes too slowly to be of any good to a gardener.

Make soap!  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-grease-fertizer/613693/3 "2012-02-23T04:20:19Z")

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I thought the reason that you didn’t want to put meat grease in a compost pile was because it would attract animals.