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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Billy" wrote in message news:wildbilly-
"Zootal" wrote:

I have a truckload of the stuff sitting out front. It looks like slightly
dried and aged steer manure, I'm not sure how much it's been "composted".
I'm guessing it might be a bit hot and should be used sparingly. Anyone
have
experience with this stuff?

"Zootal" wrote in message
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There is a bark place down the road that sells mushroom compost and
steer
compost. Is this stuff good for the garden? Can I use it like compost
and
heap it on the ground around plants and trees?


Take a look at
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/Pubs/foodnut/09369.html
You probably don't want to use it on anything that you'll be harvesting
in the next three months, if it hasn't been commercially composted, i.e.
done in very large lots to generate the heat needed to kill pathogens.

Sunlight and soil biota are also good destroyers of pathogens.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/liv.../cwa01s11.html

If given 3 - 4 months of warm summer days ;-)
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