Milorganite

[AndPatOP]

I was in Wal-Mart this week and saw a huge display of Milorganite
fertilizer. Comes from Milwalkee Public Sewerage Corp...which seems like
a wonderful recycling concept. Does anyone have an opinion on this
product? It looks like you can use it safely on everything. Does it
smell?
ap

[Nick LaRocca]

AndPatOP wrote:
>
> I was in Wal-Mart this week and saw a huge display of Milorganite
> fertilizer. Comes from Milwalkee Public Sewerage Corp...which seems like
> a wonderful recycling concept. Does anyone have an opinion on this
> product?

Milorganite has been around for many years.

>It looks like you can use it safely on everything. Does it
> smell?

It has an odor, as do most fertilizers.

BTW, check with your local recycling center or sewage treatment
authority. They may have a similar byproduct available which would be a
lot cheaper (maybe even free for the hauling).

--
Nick - NJ - Zone 6b/7a

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
-— Albert Einstein

[Paul and Roxanne Mitchell]

AndPatOP wrote:
>
> I was in Wal-Mart this week and saw a huge display of Milorganite
> fertilizer. Comes from Milwalkee Public Sewerage Corp...which seems like
> a wonderful recycling concept. Does anyone have an opinion on this

> product? It looks like you can use it safely on everything.

Does a nice "green up" job in turf and ornamentals. It is not safe
around veggies and fruits. Contains heavy metal (cadmium) and this can
get into your crop. I do not know for certain that it would go to
groundwater supplies, but I don't see what would stop it from doing so.

> Does it smell?

Yes, but not too bad [it doesn't smell like what you think it would when
you consider where it comes from {;^)] and usually not a problem after
irrigation.

Hope this helps

Paul and Roxanne Mitchell USDA Zone 9b
mitc...@iag.net

> ap

[Don Martinson]

Detex Newman wrote:

> mitc...@iag.net wrote to All:

>
> >> I was in Wal-Mart this week and saw a huge display of Milorganite
> >> fertilizer. Comes from Milwalkee Public Sewerage Corp...which seems like a wonderful recycling concept. Does anyone have an opinion on this product? It looks like you can use it safely on everything.

Detex Newman <dogw...@anon.nymserver.com> replied:
> m> Does a nice "green up" job in turf and ornamentals. It is not safe
> m> around veggies and fruits. Contains heavy metal (cadmium) and this can

Regarding heavy metals such as cadmium: This issue did come up a few
years ago, but I believe the levels were determined not to present a
hazzard - or at least they have been reduced. In any case, the N-P-K
rating on Milorganite is 6-2-0, so you would probably not want to use
this on a vegetable garden anyway. Lawn or shrub use would be much
better.

Regarding the susvival of tomato seeds: I doubt the source of the
tomato seed was the Milorganite. More likely: Bird poop.

And finally: Regarding the smell of Milorganite. Let it not be said
that we, here, in Milwaukee, think that our s**t doesn't stink!

Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
HOME of Milorganite.

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"There are some enterprises in which a careful
disorderliness is the true method."
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