[pbs] Fertiliser-mushroom compost
Adam Fikso
adam14113 at ameritech.net
Sun Mar 29 16:24:37 EDT 2009
There's an ambiguity in "rich" there, Arnold. Horses are both tough and
extremely delicate. Food that's too rich will kill them fast. They're
subject to a kind of "diabetes" where they can't manage much sugar, and are
insulin resistant, their hooves break down, and they can't walk much less
run, so by and large they don't get "rich" food, but certainly the best that
can be gotten in terms of carefully grown, and carefully cut hay with not
too much alfalfa in it (too rich) , etc. And all food is pretty carefully
measured. But, yes, it seems to be just fine as a low nitrogen fertilizer.
Also, it almost NEVER has any black walnut or red maple chips or sawdust in
it because these are very toxic to horses, and even brief contact with these
woods in their bedding (say--overnight) can kill them. (No joke--serious!) .
Adam in Glenview, whose wife has a horse
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Trachtenberg" <arnold at nj.rr.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Fertiliser-mushroom compost
> I've read the best place to get your horse manure is at a race stable.
> The thoroughbreds eat like the rich and famous so it makes sense that
> what comes out the back end is equally rich.
>
> Arnold
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