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Does your products include any animal by-products besides llama manure, such as bone meal, blood meal. or bird feathers?
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No, it was decided early on that Winterfalls would not produce any products that require the slaughtering of animals. Bone meal, blood meal, and bird feathers are nutritionally excellent products for plants and the use of them supports sustainable agriculture. It is our personal preference to not use these by-products in Winterfall’s product line.
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Does llama manure burn the plants or grass?
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No, Peruvian Gold Organic Llama Manure will not burn your plants or lawn. This is due to the nature of the llama’s digestive system, (3 compartments in their stomachs), that utilizes almost all of the organics available as nutrients for the llama. Adding to this process we compost the llama beans to further break down the manure into a safe, stable, organic product that can be utilized by the plants immediately.
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What do you mean by “organics”?
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The term “organics” is used to describe the undigested plant matter in the manure.
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Does Peruvian Gold composted llama anure contain plant seeds?
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Seeds are rarely found in llama beans due to the highly efficient nature of their stomach.
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How does llama manure compare to other organic fertilizers?
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It is one of the only organic fertilizers that have all the macro, secondary, and micronutrients the plants need. The nutrients are available to the plants immediately. The plants and soil life use less energy breaking down llama manure to get to the nutrients, as a result can use the energy to grow stronger and better. Llama manure improves the soil, nurtures the beneficial soil bacteria, and helps with nutrient & water retention.
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I keep hearing that llama manure works with any plants, is this true?
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We have yet to find a plant that does not grow well in llama manure after 10 years of research.
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Is manure from animals that have been treated with a vermicide, (such as Ivermectin™), safe to put in my garden?
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Ivermectin is a very commonly used vermicide for livestock internal parasites such as roundworms, hookworms, meningeal worms, etc. This includes horses, cattle, sheep, llamas, and alpacas. The best advice that I have heard concerning Ivermectin in manure is to compost the fresh manure or leave it completely exposed to sunlight for at least a week.
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Can I make my own fertilizer “tea” from my sheep manure?
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Yes! You can make your own tea out of any of your grazing animal’s manure. Just do not use manure from a carnivore, such as dogs, cats, lions, or bears. Just add your manure to a bucket and add water. Let it steep for 24+ hrs., (experiment here for the best liquid fertilizer), and pour over your plants when ready. This process has been going on for centuries, so it is a sure bet.
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I love home grown tomatoes. I have heard that using Peruvian Gold Organic llama manure not only grows a stronger and healthier plant, but will also improve the taste of the tomatoes. Is this true?
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Yes, using Peruvian Gold Organic Llama Manure produces a tomato plant that has thicker stems, (less support to keep upright), more leaves, more tomatoes, thicker flesh, less acidic, and more flavorful tomatoes. The plants nurtured with Peruvian Gold also seem to produce longer than plants not supported by PGO llama manure. Our testers keep picking delicious tomatoes from their Peruvian Gold gardens well into the winter until the temperatures drop to freezing and finally kill the plants.
