Question about phosphorous

Jack Harer

Well-Known Member
Is that a "brand name" or are you actually using LLama poo? In organics, less is more. The mycorrhizae will "mine out" P and feed it to the plant. W/O the fungi, P is pretty hard for a plant to take up, which is why most chemical based "Bloom Boosters" have such stupid high P numbers.
I doubt I'd add anything to that, except maybe some Kelp extract.
 

olderlady

New Member
Yes, actual llama poo. I have had 5 rescue llamas here for 8 years, and enough poo to last a lifetime. I have just started growing, and the plants responded to it very well. I will investigate the fungi aspect. And the kelp. Thanks for the help. olderlady.
 

foreverflyhi

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Hey do you compost your llama poop?

What region or area do you live?

i ask because in assuming that u have lots of land suited for your animals?
If so u probley can find the fungi and other sources near you.
on top of kelp, wormcasting should be on top of your list.

Read the first couple pages of thiss thread https://www.rollitup.org/organics/636057-recycled-organic-living-soil-rols.html

this will give you a good idea of what your capable of doing on your land.

Would love to see pictures of your llamas :)
 

Jack Harer

Well-Known Member
You want to google "mycorrhizae". The beneficial bacteria found in soil, along with a well established mycorrhizae/plant symbiosis is the very foundation of organics.
 

olderlady

New Member
Llamas have a habit of using a communal pile where they relieve themselves. They urinate and defecate at the same time. The urine STINKS but the feces, known as "beans" does not. Every couple of months they move to a new spot. I scrape the hard beans off the top of an old pile and scoop up the composted stuff underneath. Put it in a bucket with a lot of water and stir it up and start using it right away. As level goes down I add more water. Do that about 2 more times. Then throw the stuff in the bottom on the garden and start all over again. Land is largely wooded, ground covered with oak leaves. I have to grow indoors, for among other reasons, the llamas and my 2 donkeys would eat the stuff. Thank you for the tips. I have pictures in my computer of the llamas but don't know how to upload them to this site. I would use one as my picture, but just don't know how to do it.
 

Jack Harer

Well-Known Member
The stuff you are getting almost certainly has a great colony of fungi and bacteria already established!!! Llama poo is good stuff (I been readin' up on it!) It doesn't have as much partially decomposed prganic matter as say Horse or cow manure, however it DOES have a great NPK value. On par with bunny poo (to which I am partial, go figure!)
You growing outdoors or indoors? You making your own soils?
 
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