I am new to this forum. does anyone have any good words for me about llama poop? do I have to compost it first or can I just use the pellets?Also how much to use? I have a bed to work over as it seems to have lost all it's oomph.
Llama manure
The best manure you can have, in my nearly-scientific opinion:
Go 1 part llama to 3 parts soil. (a happy medium) It will be overly fertile the first season for a certain few plants, but the organic matter is truly needed. If this is an established bed, scratch myebe 1/2 inch in around all of the plants with a trowel/hand claw. So that it doesn't go oomphless again, topdress with compost or mulch yearly.
Hope this helps,
K. James
Thanks for the reply, however you did not say if I can use it straight from the pile or do I have to compost it first?
My apologies.
It is safest to compost it, but If you have a mix of fresh/rotten (which is usually the case) it can be added directly to your bed- water in well. If it is all fresh, compost it with a (small) bit of sawdust, leaves, or newspaper shedding.
Is your bed curerntly occupied with plants, or is it a seasonal bed that is open?
K
It's a mix. The bed currently has plants, I had planned to just go around the plants and add the manure plus some rotten sawdust and some compost and dig it in. Do you think I should dig the plants first? Mostly day lilies, I could heel them in my vege garden while this brew cooks a little. It's just so darn hot now I hate to think of digging anything. Where is Clifton,Co I live in Dodge City
Mix it in around them like you plan. You are right that moving is dangerous now. Then topdress/mulch.
Clifton is next to Grand Junction, Far western CO.