Deer turds for fertilizer?

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DrunkyTheClownNhamburgler

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you know when deer shits its like a bunch of deer pellets well there is so much of this shit here. thinking of collecting lots of it and using it. But it looked really dry and wheat looking.. can it be used?

also random question here if you germ a seed can you stick it in a flowering bud? will a plant grow out of the bud lol?
 
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StickeeGreens

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To your first question...I would not. Deer eat a variety of plantlife and are prone to parasites which can harbor diseases. Not to mention their food source are non accounted for. Cattle and horses are fed a regiment of feed hay, and open range grass thus lading to a steady and reliably clean source of manure. Deer forrage where they can for the moment and move o., This could lead to having a bunch of unwanted seeds in their manure.
 
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growone

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i actually tried this at one time, had a plant that wasn't doing too good, and had deer crap in the back yard
so i tried brewing a tea from it with molasses, i had multiple troubles going and this didn't seem to help much, but i guess it never got a fair test
 
dozer777

dozer777

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Rising Moon said:
Learn before you speak.

Millions of people around the world use Human manure for fertilizer, and have been for thousands of years.

And I ment to write "Humanure"...

Fucking amatures...
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Up here in Maine the guy that pumps out peoples septic tanks sprays the shit on farmers corn fields in the spring before planting. And I agree with not using deer shit you never know what they have gotten into. Plus the wasting disease is killing alot of them. Cow shit is cheap!
 
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OSG

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The manure from any healthy animal, can be used to organically feed your plants. I personally would never use pig manure, because they carry a variety of parasites, that humans can contract easily. But that being said, deer manure would work. Just mix it 1 to 1, with some dry plant matter (grass, hay, or dandelions), let it work for two weeks, then topdress 2 ounces in a circle 8 inches out from your plants main stalk, if planted in the ground. If you're growing in pots, 1 tablespoon, every other week, during the veg period.
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One last note, most commercial animals are feed high ratios of corn to fatten them up. This corn feed is grown with basically NPK only ferts 99 % of the time, and is lacking in trace minerals. The manure from your free range deer, who graze on different grasses, berries, and plants, would contain a more complete mix of NPK & trace minerals, than commercial animals.
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If you really want a easy to gather, cheap source of ferts, get a pet rabbit, or find someone who has one. Most are fed alfalfa pellets, and timothy hay. Their manure, makes excellent fertilizer..... Rich in both NPK, superior to composted chicken manure, and with more trace minerals....
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Hope that helps.....
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Evil Light

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i would use it personally, but it would help to know how much N is in it to be able to use it ideally.

humanure is a cool concept. not one i'd probably be willing to try out anytime soon though
 
ohmy

ohmy

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Deer shit, rabbit crap, about the same...if i did not have nutes and wanted to feed the plants bet ur sweet ass animal shit will work fine....human shit has been used on feilds ..it works, just have to lime the hell out of it and let it sit a few seasons..fall out shit out and roll in...reroll in spring abd nice green crops
 
scroglodyte

scroglodyte

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Chronic Wasting Disorder, Lyme's Disease, worms..................no deer shite.
imagine if folks saw you collecting deer shite, also.
 
Nullis

Nullis

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StickeeGreens said:
To your first question...I would not. Deer eat a variety of plantlife and are prone to parasites which can harbor diseases. Not to mention their food source are non accounted for. Cattle and horses are fed a regiment of feed hay, and open range grass thus lading to a steady and reliably clean source of manure. Deer forrage where they can for the moment and move o., This could lead to having a bunch of unwanted seeds in their manure.
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Cattle also USED TO forage where they could for the moment and move on, followed closely by other animals (such as birds), that would eat the pests out of their fecal matter. This is how the prairies and grasslands were sustained back before we decimated them and started piling the animals into factory farms (monoculturing them), and started feeding them corn and grain... and themselves.
 
SativaMe@420

SativaMe@420

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I'm using wild deer droppings in my custom worm chow for my red worm farm, they LOVE IT! I bought a blender at a thrift store dirt cheap & I use it to blend up the worm chow ingredients into a thick goop, the more liquefied it is the easier & faster the worms can process it. I use home made compost, fruit/vegetable scraps that have been spoiled for at least a week (they LOVE yams, carrots, bananas & BACTERIA!), wild deer droppings & a custom mix of wholesome organic inputs (like Soy Bean, Kelp & Alfalfa Meal) & broad-spectrum minerals (Green Sand, Glacial Rock Dust, Basalt Microfines etc.). I put all these ingredients in the blender, add some distilled water if necessary & then blend it into a goop, they go absolutely NUTZ FOR IT! Ive only had my bin going for a little over a month but I already have some of the biggest red worms Ive ever seen in my life. Red worms are typically pretty small, much smaller than night crawlers but my red worms are getting HUGE! They are easily the size of night crawlers & some are even bigger, almost like baby snakes & I'm not exaggerating. My point is that red worms can compost approx 1/2 their own weight a day in organic matter, so the bigger the worms are the more/faster they can produce castings. I got the idea for my custom worm chow from Larry Hall & I can tell you with absolute certainty that it works. When I harvest the castings I'm going to send out a sample for testing, I'm very curious what their composition is & considering their diet I have a feeling they will be loaded with beneficial goodies.
 
DonBrennon

DonBrennon

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SativaMe@420 said:
I'm using wild deer droppings in my custom worm chow for my red worm farm, they LOVE IT! I bought a blender at a thrift store dirt cheap & I use it to blend up the worm chow ingredients into a thick goop, the more liquefied it is the easier & faster the worms can process it. I use home made compost, fruit/vegetable scraps that have been spoiled for at least a week (they LOVE yams, carrots, bananas & BACTERIA!), wild deer droppings & a custom mix of wholesome organic inputs (like Soy Bean, Kelp & Alfalfa Meal) & broad-spectrum minerals (Green Sand, Glacial Rock Dust, Basalt Microfines etc.). I put all these ingredients in the blender, add some distilled water if necessary & then blend it into a goop, they go absolutely NUTZ FOR IT! Ive only had my bin going for a little over a month but I already have some of the biggest red worms Ive ever seen in my life. Red worms are typically pretty small, much smaller than night crawlers but my red worms are getting HUGE! They are easily the size of night crawlers & some are even bigger, almost like baby snakes & I'm not exaggerating. My point is that red worms can compost approx 1/2 their own weight a day in organic matter, so the bigger the worms are the more/faster they can produce castings. I got the idea for my custom worm chow from Larry Hall & I can tell you with absolute certainty that it works. When I harvest the castings I'm going to send out a sample for testing, I'm very curious what their composition is & considering their diet I have a feeling they will be loaded with beneficial goodies.
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That sounds like awesome fine dinning for worms, imagine the diversity of the real nutrients that the deer are consuming, no wonder the worms love it, they're literally evolved to eat that shit, lol. I just hope you've got a separate blender for you own food pmsl

I think you should also re-post this to this thread, https://www.rollitup.org/t/vermicomposters-unite-official-worm-farmers-thread.637587/, although I'm sure most current readers will see it anyway, but it'd be good for noobs to see who join later,
 
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