I hear there are some health concerns with Milorganite. It is human fecal
material.
I think it is banned in some states. I never bought the stuff, but I
understand the
sellers refuse to list on the bag exactly where this material comes from.

Sherwin D.

Phisherman wrote:

On Sun, 5 Feb 2006 01:18:28 -0600, Mark Anderson
wrote:

The other day I watched an episode of Magnum P.I., a television series
that ran in the very early 80s. Magnum P.I. was based in Hawaii. Not
to get into any specifics but in this episode Higgens had ordered a
pallet of dried manure to place on the lawn to increase nitrogen (as he
claimed in the show). At the end of the show they show him shoveling
this manure and throwing it right onto the lawn.

Does anyone do this and is this better than the standard weed and feed
that you get at the local big box store? I'm a bit curious as to the
properties of manure since I'm thinking of experimenting with it as part
of my soil mixture in my container garden this year but I don't want to
add too much.

I tried this ONCE. Never again. I used "mushroom compost" which is
rotted horse manure used to grow mushrooms. I introduced a lot of
weeds into my lawn that took two years to eradicate. Processed
palletized manure is great, if you can find it. I used palletized
chicken manure on my lawn with excellent results, but I can not find
it for sale anymore. I do use Milorganite (processed sewage) on my
lawns.