Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Norma Sutton" <sweetspringfarm@gmail.com>]

Hi Joanna,

It does linger in the soil,  I can't tell you how long though.  We use to raise earthworms back in the late 70's, early 80's.  Dad had to be really careful when he was getting manure to bed them in or add as food, not to get manure that had wormer in it as it would kill the earthworms just like it kills parasitic ones.

Norma

 

On 12/6/06, J Bailey <jbmail@isomedia.com> wrote:

Does anyone have any info or experience regarding using manure from animals
on chemical wormers? I read that ivermectin can stay in manure a long time &
am concerned this will cause problems in my compost or with free-ranging my
chickens after the cow & goats. I'd like to get into herbal wormers, but the
info on them is a bit confusing. I'll have to work on making sure my
pastures are the best they can be, plus my critters' nutrition, then maybe
switch to an herbal formula part of the year...

--Joanna


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