Hog manure worm castings

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Hawaiian5

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Jun 12, 2016

• #1

Anyone know who makes worm castings that are fed hog manure?

 

mschanandlerbong

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Jun 12, 2016

• #2

what do they eat? like cows horses goats all eat organin matter, i nvr heard of using pig shit but if they dont eat meat go forit

 

Joe Blows Trees

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Jun 12, 2016

• #3

The only way I'd use hog manure is if I knew the owner and exactly what they're fed. Hogs eat pretty much anything.

 

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Hawaiian5

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Jun 12, 2016

• #4

I got interested in doing a side by side comparison after reading an article online from 420 magazine. Worm castings from worms that was given hog manure ended up with a 8-16-6 npk rating. Compared to the usual 1.0.0. It got me researching but can't find a source. It was in north Carolina I believe. Interesting article. I'll try to find a link.

 

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Hawaiian5

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Jun 12, 2016

• #5

https://www.420magazine.com/forums/organic-soil/101775-guano-gardeners-guide.html

 

Joe Blows Trees

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Jun 12, 2016

• #6

Interesting read.

 

greasemonkeymann

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Jun 13, 2016

• #7

Joe Blows Trees said:

Interesting read.

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it is.
I have done a lil extra research regarding that, reason being is that I feed my worms roughly the same type of food, being rotten fruits and veggies.
only link I've found lists the NPK a lil different than % so it's not the same
but interesting nonetheless
http://www.agweb.com/article/npk_levels_in_manure/

 

greasemonkeymann

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Jun 13, 2016

• #8

here is another link, but this one says the NPK of pig manure is waaay less though.
Hmmmm
I don't know if pig manure is going to have such high amounts of NPK in it, something aint right here.

 

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Hawaiian5

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Jun 13, 2016

• #9

Yeah, those npk readings blew me away. But I can't seem to find anyone that has those castings

 

greasemonkeymann

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Jun 13, 2016

• #10

Hawaiian5 said:

Yeah, those npk readings blew me away. But I can't seem to find anyone that has those castings

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honestly man, I think the NPK is not correct.
I'm fairly certain no pig could make manure that rich.
The reason birds can is because they mix their urine and guano together (no separate digestive area)
I did find a research noting the NPK levels, and it was similar to the numbers you posted, but it wasn't a %, it was per hectare.
everything that I know about manure says otherwise, but I could be wrong

 

Dr.Pecker

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Jun 13, 2016

• #11

I know someone that uses composted pig manure. He has worms in it and it grows kick ass buds but he doesn't make castings out of it. It seems to grow thick stalks.

 

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Hawaiian5

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Jun 13, 2016

• #12

I know someone that has a hog farm so maybe I'll try to convince him to try and make some, just to see. But than again I live in a volcanic rich environment here in Hawaii so I actually don't really need anything.

 

Kalonji

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Jun 13, 2016

• #13

When I was a strict high brix grower I did research on worm casting analysis because too muck K is almost always a problem. Of all the analysis i reviewed I dont think i ever saw an NPK figure over 5.

Also a super potent castings would only be useful in particular soil mixes.