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RE: Our First Humanure Harvest! We Take You Every Step of the Way!
-What a shitpost, (just kidding). 😇
Looks like you are doing it in a good way, I personally prefer animal manure a bit scared of humanure...
Cheers
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;) def a true shitpost! yeah many people are scared of it, and hey we even were a bit too possibly until we harvested our first batch. it is a safe process full stop if you do it right!! the link above goes to a post where we talk about the ins and outs of HOW TO :)
I have been a part of similar projects but the end product has never been used for gardening porpouses, just disposed in a nearby forest, but those treas did not complain. =)
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Humanure shouldn't be used in a vegetable garden, but it's perfectly safe for perennial food plants such as fruit and nut bushes.
Indeed, they thrive when it is placed into the planting hole.
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Good to know Im really glad people are taking care of their own shit, 🤗 so to speak. I guess one just have to make sure any potential "Fecal Coliform Bacteria", don't slowly drip down in to a stream or well used for drinking water.... But maybe after 2 years maybe those Bacteria are gone?
The system I'll be using is actually bokashi, which rather than just using sawdust as in traditional humane systems, uses a substrate such as wheat or oat germ that is sprayed with beneficial microorganisms, aka good bacteria.
Because the bacteria are being added proactively, instead of allowing nature to take its course, you can have finished bokashi in six to eight weeks, rather than eighteen to twenty-four months. Works for me.
Even better, because the waste is essentially pickled, rather than decomposing naturally over a longer time, you can even use it for meat wastes and bones, which can't be traditionally composted without known hazards, such as drawing every rat for miles.
And by the time the bokashi is finished, bad bacteria such as E. coli have been overwhelmed by the good guys, so there is almost no danger of harmful runoff into waterways; a major importance to me, as we live on a river.
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Is it possible to burn it just in case? And the use the ashes for fertiliser?I imagine that should be very safe...
Cheers!
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It is certainly possible, but that would be a monumental waste of nutrients, not to mention wasting the biological activity from the beneficial bacteria.
As long as you are using it on a perennial crop, where the bokashi (or humanure) won't be in direct contact with the edible portion of the food plant in question, there is little or no danger of contamination.
Just use common sense and wash the fruit or vegetable if you want to be extra safe. No burning required.
The process of decomposition or fermentation, depending on if you are using traditional humanure or bokashi, renders it pretty harmless.
That's cool to hear of the bokashi system, I've heard good things about the style of compost making but never it's regards to humanure. I'm interested to hear how it turns out. Thanks for sharing!
You're welcome, and I'll definitely keep you posted!