ZooL Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I have been using the compressed paper type of kittylitter as mulch in my veggie garden once my cats are done with it, I scoop out the poop, prep the bed then spread it on top and wait for the ammonia smell to go before planting anything. The whole garden is now popping up with many different mushrooms and other fungi(i also dumped all my mushroom scraps in there so am hoping some more interesting ones find a home somewhere in there) when i look under the top layer of the litter the it is pretty much solid mycelium the whole garden over. It would prob make for a pretty good substrate if someone was intending to make a deliberate outdoor patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyzygy Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I heard there are some potentially nasty diseases (toxoplasmosis?) lurking in feline wastes. Maybe the litter could be sterilised with ultraviolet light, e.g. sunlight? Unused litter might be safe - but even so, I'd want to know the industrial source of the paper, chemicals used in the recycling process, and so on, before consuming anything grown in it. Especially sacred plant medicines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strontium Dawg Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Yeah even bokashi composting cat waste takes around 18 months to ensure no toxo or other parasites will be an issue for food products. So I heard anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZooL Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 eh? if cat waste hast potential nasties in it then i'm screwed either way, i got way too many cats(all the defective ones that couldn't get re homed when i was fostering cats) that's favorite pasttime seems to be pissing on all my stuff. But that all aside i still think this kittylitter(probably best if unused) seems like a really good potential outdoor substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strontium Dawg Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Haha yeah I know the feeling! My cats shit everywhere. I have to fence off vege gardens to stop my familiars from using them. Pretty much every new bed I make for plants, they assume I made just for them to shit in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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