[Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page

[Dick Gross]

Personally, I would be very uncomfortable about eating those greens but I 
tend to be a little squeamish. I grew up on a farm in Nebraska where aged 
manure was spread months before anything was planted. Some years ago I read 
a paper from the University of Washington avering that dangerous pathogens 
may not be destroyed in carelessly composted animal manure. The key point 
was that the critical temperature could not be achieved in typical backyard 
operations. I regret that I cannot find the paper but, if the manure in your 
garden was not composted at all--well, what else needs to be said. It might 
be perfectly safe, probably is, but any such risk is outside my comfort 
zone.

Anyone else is welcome to dispute that view.

Dick Gross, Master Gardener Volunteer
University of Arizona Maricopa County Cooperative Extension
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Subject: [Arid_gardener] Question from Home-Hort WWW page


> Sheila
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> marlersattearmann at yahoo.com
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> 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?
>
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