DOG POOP TEA - any benefit??

[davaroo]

We've heard of manure tea as a general fertilizer, and I think it is a great thing. I was wondering if dog poop tea is worth the trouble, or if there is some sort of lurking menace in it.

I have alot of dogs around here and they make a boat load of shi'te, let me tell you. I've read that it is not good to put it in the compost heap as it introduces disease/parasites. But what if you make it into tea and then compost the leftovers?

Or maybe there is another way?

 

[TillinWithMyPeeps]

I wouldn't do it. Dog Poop can carry pathogens, and if you can't put it in the compost, there is no way I would get that crap ( ) anywhere near my plants.

Anything left over after making tea would likely contain the same diseases or pathogens to introduce into the compost pile.

I wouldn't do it.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

OK, let me get this out of the way . . . LOL

Well, the reason not to use pet waste is that they often carry diseases and/or microorganisms that are contagious to humans. So I would say, "NO!" But what you might consider doing is digging a compost pit for the pet waste and then only using that compost on ornamentals after a good 3 + (this is a guess) years of composting. You can use humanure too, after, I think, 7 years of composting.

 

[karanleaf]

Not me No way

But Never hurts to ask..

:happy_flower Karan

 

[Southern Gardener]

LOL! No way! I have a doggie septic system I made, and let me tell you I stand as far away from that thing as I can with the water hose!

 

[patandchickens]

I sure wouldn't do it. There are too many dog parasites that can make ya pretty sick if you're unlucky. You'd have to be real, real assured of composting thoroughness to use even *composted* pet manure on the garden, esp. a food garden.

Pat

 

[Hattie the Hen]

I agree, keep away from the stuff, YERRRRK..........!!! Urghhhhhhhh.....!!
No! NO, NOOOOOoooooooooooh !!!!!!!!!

NASTY............................! Drop the subject!




:rose Hattie :rose

 

[DrakeMaiden]

LOL Hattie. Yeah, I especially am not appreciating how this topic is sitting right next to the one about CAKE!!!!!!!!!!

 

[davaroo]

Well okay then - no dog poo in the garden.

Maybe I can flatten it out, let it dry and use it like plywood?