Guest guest Posted January 20, 2000 Report Share Posted January 20, 2000 Dear Radha Krishna Prabhu: In reading some of your comments on the ISCOWP site, I became less clear on one thing: is cow dung superior to other dungs because it is antiseptic? Is this an old wise tale? It seems that your attitude is that any dung will do, and it's the composting technique that's important. My impression is, however, that the cow dung is completely pure. I've even eaten the fungus from cow dung (surprisingly it was fun and enlightening--oh, not recently by the way). Now, other dungs--no thank you. Is the scientific evidence there to support the following statements: 1. composting is the way to turn trash into land. 2. land is wealth. 3. cow dung keeps the rotting compost antiseptic. rpd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2000 Report Share Posted January 20, 2000 "WWW: Ram Prasad (Dasa) (?)" wrote: > [Text 2944752 from COM] > > Dear Radha Krishna Prabhu: > > In reading some of your comments on the ISCOWP site, I became less clear on > one thing: is cow dung superior to other dungs because it is antiseptic? Is > this an old wise tale? Fresh cow dung is pure. Other dungs need to be composted to be purified. Composting is a purifying process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2000 Report Share Posted January 21, 2000 "COM: Madhava Gosh (das) ACBSP (New Vrindavan - USA)" wrote: > [Text 2947051 from COM] > > "WWW: Ram Prasad (Dasa) (?)" wrote: > > > [Text 2944752 from COM] > > > > Dear Radha Krishna Prabhu: > > > > In reading some of your comments on the ISCOWP site, I became less clear on > > one thing: is cow dung superior to other dungs because it is antiseptic? Is > > this an old wise tale? > > Fresh cow dung is pure. Other dungs need to be composted to be purified. > Composting is a purifying process. -- As long as the dung is heated up hot enough (needs plenty of plant material to provide sufficient carbon to balance the nitrogen content of dung) and as long as it is heated long enough (one year is safest, but shorter time is possible if you are an expert such as Radha Krsna prabhu). ys, hkdd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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