Alpaca Manure
Alpaca and Llama manure is great for your garden. It does not smell bad and is high in nitrogen. This manure can be put right on your plants and will not burn. It's like time-release nitrogen tablets. Cost is $5 for a large feed bag (approx 35 pounds).
You can also put this on your grass or flowers if you do not like chemicals and are looking for an organic type fertilizer.
High demand in the early spring and fall. Call early to reserve your bags. For large orders, please allow enough time for the alpacas to make it and for us to bag it!
ANIMAL MANURE COMPARISONS
Animal Type Nitrogen % Phosphorus % Potassium %
*Llama/Alpaca 1.7 0.69 0.66
Chicken 1 0.8 0.4
Horse 0.7 0.25 0.55
Sheep 0.95 0.35 1
Cow 0.6 0.15 0.45
Pig 0.5 0.35 0.4
Alpaca manure is lower in organic matter content than the manure from most other barnyard livestock (cows, horses, goats and sheep) but still has enough to improve soil texture and water-holding capacity. This lower organic content allows alpaca manure to to be spread directly onto plants without burning them.
References:
Univ. of Idaho, Holm Research Center, Moscow, ID 83844
Sunset Western Garden Book-Sunset Publ. Co., Menlo, Park, CA-40th Anniv. edition
Guide to Raising Llamas, Gale Birutta:Storey Publishing
You can also put this on your grass or flowers if you do not like chemicals and are looking for an organic type fertilizer.
High demand in the early spring and fall. Call early to reserve your bags. For large orders, please allow enough time for the alpacas to make it and for us to bag it!
ANIMAL MANURE COMPARISONS
Animal Type Nitrogen % Phosphorus % Potassium %
*Llama/Alpaca 1.7 0.69 0.66
Chicken 1 0.8 0.4
Horse 0.7 0.25 0.55
Sheep 0.95 0.35 1
Cow 0.6 0.15 0.45
Pig 0.5 0.35 0.4
Alpaca manure is lower in organic matter content than the manure from most other barnyard livestock (cows, horses, goats and sheep) but still has enough to improve soil texture and water-holding capacity. This lower organic content allows alpaca manure to to be spread directly onto plants without burning them.
References:
Univ. of Idaho, Holm Research Center, Moscow, ID 83844
Sunset Western Garden Book-Sunset Publ. Co., Menlo, Park, CA-40th Anniv. edition
Guide to Raising Llamas, Gale Birutta:Storey Publishing