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Old 06-16-2010, 11:30 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Manure?

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Originally Posted by ron_mcb View Post
dont know how practical that is because ive never tried it.
i have read about a lot of people using fresh/or hot manure to get bananas to growing in early spring . a lot of people use manure as fertilizer but it can be dangerous i would only put well composed manure because a lot of pathogens that are in the manure can mix with the plants you are growing. 1 example: E. Coli has been known to spread to plants from fresh cow manure.
So would it not be good to use the manure they sal at Home Depot to mix in a planting bed ?

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