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Friday, April 5, 2013

Alpaca manure as a vertilizer

ANIMAL MANURE COMPARISONS



Animal Type Nitrogen % Phosphorus % Potassium % ______________________________________________________________


*Llama/Alpaca 1.7 0.69 0.66



Chicken 1.0 0.8 0.4



Horse 0.7 0.25 0.55



Sheep 0.95 0.35 1.0



Cow 0.6 0.15 0.45



Pig 0.5 0.35 0.4





*Llama manure can be applied directly to plants (will not burn)


Animal manures are best used as mulches or soil conditioners


Unit of Measure shown above is in micrograms/gram