"Stubby" wrote in message
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George.com wrote:
"willshak" wrote in message
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I would even think it is, but this is not a troll message.

I have an adult female Golden Retriever that does her business in our
back yard. I usually go out and clear the minefield once or twice a
week, just before mowing, so the dog s**t may stay on the lawn for a
few
days.
The s**t, if left there, burns the lawn for about an inch all around
the
s**t, but after removal, the grass around the burnt area grows more
rapidly and is a darker green than the rest of the lawn. The areas look
like volcanic craters. The Golden eats only dry dog food.
So it seems that too much dog s**t is bad, but a little is good. Has
anyone ever tried to use a dog s**t formula as a lawn fertilizer?

you have described fairly much what happens to my lawns when my mutts
(and a
lazy shit cat who can't be bothered using a garden to shit in) crap on
it. I
mow the shit up if it is there and it goes in the compost. It is autumn
here
so the amount of rain at present is washing alot of the poop away within
a
few days. Your comment about craters is accurate although my grass takes
quite a time to grow back after being burnt. Like yours my mutts (and
cat)
gets biscuits. I use dog poop, mainly what I collect from walking them,
as a
mulch under our hedge. I use compost mulch to keep grass and weeds down
and
simply add the poop as a top up and fertiliser.

I hope you don't use compost with dog sh*t in it around plants in your
vegetable garden. Diseases can be transmitted to you this way. Also,
lawn chemicals are not good for the plants or for people.

the dog poop goes as mulch along the hedge. Lawn chemicals go no where near
plants or compost or me anymore. I don't use them now (aside from roundup
occasionally). I decided some time ago spraying the shit out of my lawn
every year can't be that healthy for any of us. My opinion is I can get as
good a result without synthetic chemicals or fertilisers as I did with them.
This autumn my lawn is showing signs I am correct.

rob