Alpaca manure.

Just picked up 2 large bags of alpaca manure. Gonna use it in my outdoor grow this year, and start a worm bin and use the castings as a topdress for my indoor girls. Getting excited for this years grow...

how much did you end up paying? Ive thought about using some as well since theres so many alpacas in CO.

oooooo PLEASE PLEASE share how it goes!

I traded for some of my Maui Waui!!

Blazedandconfused710 said:

how much did you end up paying? Ive thought about using some as well since theres so many alpacas in CO.

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I’m going to start a worm bin and just use alpaca manure and comfrey in it. Then use the castings as a topdress for my girls.

SODesiresB said:

oooooo PLEASE PLEASE share how it goes!

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kkt3 said:

I’m going to start a worm bin and just use alpaca manure and comfrey in it. Then use the castings as a topdress for my girls.

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You should look into using some home-made bokashi bran in your worm bin. I've been running rabbit manure in my worm bin for a few years and I never saw such a healthy worm population until I used it. Alan Adkisson(founder of Grokashi) said that ferments help relieve toxicity in manure. I buy my red wheat from a feed store and it's $14 for a 25gal bag. I hear that red wheat has a good amount of Mn in it also, that is something that I am always low in.

I use 5gal Bokashi bran, OSF, and alfalfa meal right before a big snow storm and it kept my bin nice and toasty. When I checked in on it a week later, it was warm even though there was snow on the tarp. My worm bin looked better than ever and it was during a snow storm. I just don't know if it will cook them in the summer???

Shoveled up a batch of fresh alpaca manure and while breaking it up to get ready to make a mix I noticed it has a ammonia/urine odor. In the past I have used older composted manure and it didnt have any of that odor. Will that be an issue? Planning to let this mix sit for a month or so.

Manure should be composted before use I believe

NoMoreBottles said:

Shoveled up a batch of fresh alpaca manure and while breaking it up to get ready to make a mix I noticed it has a ammonia/urine odor. In the past I have used older composted manure and it didnt have any of that odor. Will that be an issue? Planning to let this mix sit for a month or so.

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It has a smell because it is too fresh. I personally wont use any manure that hasn't aged at least 2 yrs but when I can get my hands on older stuff I do.

Alpaca and Goat manure are the only two manures (I can verify) you can add directly to a top dressing that won't burn the plants!

Both are black gold! We use Goat and Alpaca manure in our teas as well. 3-4 days after a tea and wow, you'll see a big uptick in trichome production. It's pretty amazing. Get some!