From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 4/29/21 3:16 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 4/29/2021 3:54 PM, T wrote:   
   >> On 4/24/21 4:47 AM, songbird wrote:   
   >>> one problem i can have with some planted things in pots here   
   >>> are raccoons seeking food or smelling fertilizers and thinking   
   >>> they're food.  some potting mixes have long-release fertilizers   
   >>> included and often that is made with fish emulsions or other   
   >>> stuff that smells too much like food to a raccoon.   
   >>   
   >> Every so often I see something about sticking some   
   >> fish (Asian carp?) at the bottom of your hole and   
   >> "see what happens".  I can't help but think "Oh, I see something dug    
   >> up all my plants with fish under it!"   
   >>   
   >> :'(   
   >>   
   >> The fertilizer I use, if chicken scat based.   
   >>   
   >    
   >    Be careful T , fresh chicken shit can be very hard on your plants . I    
   > let the hay/shit from out hen house compost for at least 6 months before    
   > using it on the garden - I don't know the history of the stuff you're    
   > using so ... Rabbit shit , however , can be used right away , and has    
   > better long-term nourishment for your plants .   
      
   Ya, I have heard that several places.   
      
   I buy my chicken s*** in a bag at wally world.  Organic fertilizer for    
   tomatoes (means it has more calcium).   
      
   I have heard that goat s*** works well too.   
      
   And the freakin' neighborhood cats keep s***ing   
   in my garden too.   Time to place some toothpicks!   
      
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