Opinions on Black Kow compost

feldon30 · January 27, 2009

Black Kow is 100% composted cow manure. It's incredible stuff, although it will set you back about $4.50 a bag. It's silky smooth black gold with no odor. I use this like crazy. Sometimes I'll find Sheep Manure at local nurseries and I use that too.

The bags of "compost", "manure", "topsoil", etc. at Home Depot and Wal-Mart for $1.99 or 99 cents a bag are like you say -- sand, sawdust, or whatever other garbage they can find. The bags all say "contains no more than 10% compost". What a joke.

P.S. I believe there was a post elsewhere saying that Cotton Burr compost cotton seed meal might have some pesticides since they use a lot on most cotton crops. Just pointing it out since you posted in the "Gardening in the Green" forum. I use it, but I am not trying to be 100% organic.

January 27, 2009	#2
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	Black Kow is 100% composted cow manure. It's incredible stuff, although it will set you back about $4.50 a bag. It's silky smooth black gold with no odor. I use this like crazy. Sometimes I'll find Sheep Manure at local nurseries and I use that too. The bags of "compost", "manure", "topsoil", etc. at Home Depot and Wal-Mart for $1.99 or 99 cents a bag are like you say -- sand, sawdust, or whatever other garbage they can find. The bags all say "contains no more than 10% compost". What a joke. P.S. I believe there was a post elsewhere saying that Cotton Burr compost cotton seed meal might have some pesticides since they use a lot on most cotton crops. Just pointing it out since you posted in the "Gardening in the Green" forum. I use it, but I am not trying to be 100% organic. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]