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| I planted a 5g meyer lemon in side yard last year, which is also the dog run. It's about 8' x 20'. 6 of the 8' is concrete. On one end of the 20' is the lemon tree and the other end an in-ground dog poop compost bin.
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2. The compost was a trash can, 1ft x 1.5ft x 2ft(deep) with 1" holes grilled all over. poops are mixed with wood chips and saw dust. But somehow they don't compost much. I do water the compost bin every other day or so when I clean the concrete area. Why composting so slowly? Too dry? |
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| Any risk from eating those lemons would be if the soil was to be splashed onto the fruit and you did not wash the fruit before preparing it for use, it is extremely unlikely that any disease pathogens would be picked up by the trees roots and transported up the trees vascular system to infect the fruit as it grows. My expereince with composting tells me that 1. the volume is too small, and 2. the C:N ratio is not in the needed range. |
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| unnn, too many poop and not enough saw dust? |
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- Posted by toxcrusadr (My Page) on Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 11:41
| Or, the other way around. Too much wood. If there was too much poop, with frequent watering, it would be a slimy stinky mess. |
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| From experience I can tell you that dog poop really doesn't degrade much when on it's own or only has a small amount of other material added to it. I no longer try to compost dog poop, I throw it in with the 'green' waste and let the city compost it. As to contamination, I am with Kimmsr. Unless you get 'splash' onto the fruit it won't be a problem. However you might consider just putting some kind of barrier up so the dogs don't decide to actually pee on the tree itself (more of a acid hotspot problem than a contamination problem.) |
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