[Arid_gardener] Re; Manure Safety

[Olin Miller]

Try Googling using:

manure pathogens vegetables site:.edu

Note:  Using "site:.edu" limits the search to university cooperative 
extension sites which are usually more reliable than others.  There will be 
thousands of hits.  I lke the WSU sites for compost.

Some examples

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/datastore/234-207.pdf

http://foodsafety.wsu.edu/consumers/factsheet.asp?pid=83

http://gardening.wsu.edu/stewardship/compost/manure/manure2.htm

http://www.vegetables.cornell.edu/issues/foodsafe/index.html

http://www.umext.maine.edu/piscataquis/gardening/vol2iss8/Vol2iss9/guidelines.htm

> Sheila
> 85326
> marlersattearmann at yahoo.com
>
> Hi, I got dried manure from a dairy near my house and put 3 inches or more 
> on the clay ground about two months ago.  It's been tilled in and mixed 
> with soil amendements that I bought by the bag, but it wasn't actually 
> composted.  Is it safe to plant greens in this soil?