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Posted by andy_sa South Australia (My Page) on Thu, Mar 23, 06 at 3:51
| Can anyone tell me which water-on fertiliserse are safe with dogs, or rather that won't attract the dogs to eat the plants, ingest the fertiliser and get ill? |
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RE: fertilisers and dogs
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When I did have dogs, they were not interested in those type of fertilisers at all.
But leave a bag of blood and bone or organic life open, well that's a different story.
Cheers...MM. |
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| No help here, just a message of sympathy and good luck! My roses are in the front yard, and my labradors are in the back yard. And there's a reason... |
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- Posted by ashke SA Aust (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 23, 06 at 10:21
| My hooligan (the 18mth old german shepherd) loves seasol, and also loves charlie carp solutions...he's so sneaky, he's learnt that if he bumps my legs while I'm feeding, a little will splash out which he'll lick up. I got a bit worried at first, but doesn't seem to bother him He'll also try to drink direct from the watering can or hose-on container while I'm spraying (and from the hand-held shower sprinkler if I'm watering). Before I hooligan-proofed everything, he managed to break open and spread bags of camellia food, potting mix, cow manure, and pelletised chook poo...told the vet who didn't seem too concerned...dog showed no after-effects |
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| Oh ashke - you've made my day - had a laughing fit when I read about your hooligan. Not funny for you, but made me smile. My nuggett is only a problem with dynamic lifter and blood and bone - I have to make sure that there's plenty spread around and all covered with mulch - so that he can't find little piles to eat. |
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| My retrievers will eat anything organic, if they even smell a speck of blood and bone they will keep digging until they find it. Also love charlie carp and a couple of other organic solubles I have used. Don't seem to worry about artificial ones though, not that I use them much, usually osmocote in pots. |
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- Posted by andy_sa South Australia (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 24, 06 at 1:44
| Hmm... trial and error maybe?! Thanks for the tips - I'll stick to seasol for the time being. |
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| When we fertalise our backyard roses we have to put up a temporary star picket and chicken wire fence to keep our dogs away. very time consuming. (but I love them, both the dogs and the roses) |
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- Posted by ashke SA Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 25, 06 at 9:02
| darn hooligan now realised that I have a bag of blood and bone (not even opened yet!) in the laundry next to his bucket of dry food, and wants to come in each time I feed him, so he can sniff the bag!! I think he's now addicted to the smell, and I need to seek treatment for him rofl (and no, I can't be bothered moving it yet...he makes me laugh so much each time I can't carry it) |
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| This is so funny. I have just bought a different brand of blood and bone to the usual one, and I thought a rat had been gnawing at the plastic bag. But no, it was my cat. Have now triple-bagged it in woven fibreglass, as the plastic debris just got thrown up on the path (nice welcome home present). |
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| I thought I had the perfect solution last year when I fertilised the roses. I put the soaker hose on to keep the dogs away from the blood and bone, and to wash it into the ground. The dogs don't generally like to get wet even though one is a spaniel. I completely forgot about the dogs and was working away inside, when, about an hour later, 2 absolutely soaking wet doggies scratched on the back door. They looked very happy after their wonderful snack in the garden. |
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