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Wisconsin

does anyone have any pros, or cons to using pig manure for the pumpkins

2/20/2007 2:30:10 PM

Sheridan . NY

Compost IT REALLY GOOD --At least 1 year and 2 is better --Would suggest not putting it on a patch this year unless its for 2008---

2/20/2007 2:47:45 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

I always heard that Fresh is toxic.

2/20/2007 2:49:57 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

There are better manures to be had in Wisconsin than Pig Manure...

2/20/2007 3:12:36 PM

Billerica,Massachusetts

lots of trash in it, and can smell to the heavens!

2/20/2007 4:38:39 PM

Ctpumpkin@optonline.net

Wisconsin is cow country. Agree with aging the pig manure a long time. Add light stuff to it too so it'll breath & keep turning it over.

2/20/2007 11:09:50 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

Depends on what kind of pig manure. If it is real runny stuff, it probably isn't very good. The best pig manure is the stuff that comes out of deep bedding pack hoop buildings. It is a combination of manure and corn stalks. The Trumm family in Iowa uses it successfully, after it has composted a while. Ralph had the 1200# state record in 2005 and his father and brother had 2 that totaled over a ton in 2006.

2/21/2007 10:17:08 AM

Wisconsin

well I was going to till up an area that I had ten butcher pigs in last year, so it would not be totally fresh, and I would be adding lime, and decomposed horse munure (4yr old)

2/21/2007 2:31:42 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Thats a different story Tim... Pigs are often used to prepare an area for a garden. Plant away. I thought you were thinking of getting some of that pig poo that those big hog farms that give it away. There is a reason why they have to give it away :)

2/23/2007 12:43:55 PM