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RE: [RC] limited pasture - heidi

Direct sunlight kills them quite quickly (matter of hours) without it being particularly warm.
 
Freezing WILL kill them, but it takes a really hard freeze, since there is a certain amount of warmth that is generated by the bacterial action in the manure.  They will definitely die when it gets into single digits and subzero, unless they are in a pretty deep compost heap...  And again, if the manure is broken up, it doesn't take as much to freeze them, either.
 
Heidi



please tell me if this is correct.  i was told to drag pastures and kill worm eggs it had to be at least ninety degrees and you should let it lay for at least two weeks?  i was told freezing did not kill them.

patty in georgia
 
Man does not have the only memory,
The animals remember,
The earth remembers,
The stones remember,
If you know how to listen, they will tell you many things.
 
Claude Kuwanijuma - Hopi Spiritual leader.
 
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:10 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] limited pasture

You're actually breaking up the manure so that the worm eggs are exposed to sunlight, which kills them.
 
Dragging is also a good practice in terms of fertilization.  We can really tell a difference in ours when we drag.
 
Heidi

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