Composting Dog Waste
By Dee C.
Editor's Note: You can also compost it in a separate compost pile adding grass clippings or saw dust to use on ornamental plants for fertilizer. Using dog and cat manure is not recommended for a vegetable or garden anytime you are growing food.
For more information on composting dog waste, this site seems to have helpful information and precautions.
http://www.compostinfo.com/tutorial/DogWaste.htm
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RE: Composting Dog Waste
How far away can a dog poop composter thats in the ground be from a garden, safely? maybe 20- 30 feet, would that be good enough?
Post by rcrocket
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Composting cat waste is dangerous period. Cat waste carries toxoplasmosis which can make you very ill and is also extremely unsafe for pregnant women and their fetuses. That's why pregnant women should never deal with the litter box and sand boxes should stay covered when not in use and cats kept out of them at all times. So, if you purposely put cat poo on your plante, etc., it would need to be where nobody will ever walk or play.
Post by Nursipoo
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It seems overkill to take all that poop and put it in a can. Why not just bury it 4 or 5 inches in the ground in some unused part of the flower garden. I've been doing that for years with no negative results?
Post By Washington gardener (Guest Post)
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I flush dog poops down the toilet with flushable dog poop bags.
The company who makes those bags is called Flush Doggy.
Post By michael (Guest Post)
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Composting human or dog waste is doable, especially the humanure. Check out the "Humanure Handbook" to get enlightened.
Post By e1p1 (Guest Post)
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DO NOT USE COMPOSTED DOG WASTE IN ANY GARDEN PEOPLE WILL BE EATING FROM.
The E. Coli in dog feces is very dangerous to humans if consumed. Unless the compost is raised over 170f for a good amount of time, it will contain dangerous bacteria.
Post By AreYouStupid (Guest Post)
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You can make a doggie poop composter. You take an old trash can, drill as many holes as you can in it (sides and bottom), make sure you have a lid, dig a hole a little bigger then trash can, put layer of rocks in bottom, wrap can in hardware cloth, place in hole and fill in sides with rocks, once everything is nice and tight, you are all set. If you want, have fun decorating your lid and start scoopin' your poop in your composter and then add the septic starter. Just make sure your hole is away from edible gardens. I left my lid plain and it blended into the grass more. And there is nothing wrong with composting your dog poo if you do it right. Just because you compost, doesn't mean it will make you ill. Just if you eat it!! Duh!! You can compost something and use to fertilize an empty field if you want. Something is better then doing nothing.
Editor's Note: It is true that you can compost dog and cat poop but don't use that compost on your fruit or veggie plants. Ornamental shrubs are fine.
Post By zackarysmom (Guest Post)
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Composting dog poop and cat poop in gardens are unsafe but there are other ways to compost dog poop that aren't harmful?
Post By zae ru (Guest Post)
Composting Dog Waste
Composting dog poop is kinda easy right now i'm doing a science project on composting dog poop and everything so far is going well even the researching part is going well even though usually thats the difficult part of the project but dog poop composting is an interesting subject thats why I chose to do my project on it. I'll keep in touch and let you all know how it goes.
Post By zae ru (Guest Post)
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i have heard bad things about using dog and cat feces for composting/gardening. they seem to carry alot of diseases.
Post By Enter your name. (Guest Post)
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This is absolutely not a good idea - will make you very ill!!! Never compost dog, cat or human feces
Post by dj95
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Of course, you would not want to compost dog feces or any other animal feces in your vegetable garden. Save this strictly for use in non-edible plants.
Post by lilithjune
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