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Old 04/30/12, 01:28 PM
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compost whey?
the milk's a-flowing and the cheesemaking is in full swing, which means buckets of whey. can it go onto the compost pile or too much protein?
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Old 04/30/12, 03:54 PM
 
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Shoot, I water my plants with it directly. Tomatoes looove whey.
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Old 04/30/12, 05:07 PM
 
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Old 04/30/12, 06:23 PM
 
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Dogs, cats, chickens all LOVE that stuff.
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Old 04/30/12, 06:23 PM
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We had the BEST tomatoes last summer due to whey. Some goes there, some goes to compost, some goes directly around the pecan trees!
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Old 04/30/12, 08:10 PM
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I'm going to try watering with whey, thanks Alice and Bat Farm for mentioning it!
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Old 04/30/12, 08:16 PM
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We mix ours with water (it's kind of acid) and use a garden watering can to walk down the row and water everything. It made my peas green up like crazy.
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Old 04/30/12, 09:28 PM
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thank you, I will use some of it for chickens, dogs, cat, and some for gardening.
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Old 04/30/12, 11:17 PM
 
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Be aware that flies LOVE to lay maggots in whey saturated soil.
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Old 05/01/12, 06:19 AM
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Acres magazine a few months back had a piece on how a guy had renovated his pastures with milk. I think it works because it feeds all the beneficial micro bio in addition to what ever direct fertilizer effect on the grasses.
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Old 05/01/12, 01:08 PM
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Just in case you haven't tried it, pasta cooked in whey is really yummy...another use for it before it goes out to the compost!
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