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    Elephant dung

    Whilst at Woburn Safari Park today we watched the elephant demonstration, during which the lady said that they produce around 500kg of the stuff there per day. She then said under her breath, that if you want any....

    Could it be used on the plot?
    A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

    BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

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    yep no probs,elephants dont have the best digestive system soit will need to rot down

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    • #3
      An elephant is a herbivore so I see no reason why not? Stick a wheelbarrow under ones arse and you could fill it in one go! Lol
      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

      Diversify & prosper


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        Oh my - a quick google search yields lots of paper products made from elephant dung - and a few works of art (Chris Ofili springs to mind) - but not a horticultural use among 'em!
        Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Jeanied View Post
          Oh my - a quick google search yields lots of paper products made from elephant dung - and a few works of art (Chris Ofili springs to mind) - but not a horticultural use among 'em!
          Paper............from elephant dung!!!!!!!!
          My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

          Diversify & prosper


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          • #6
            h2g2 - Manure

            Aparently highly prized for horticultural use.
            (see under Exotics)
            Last edited by Fruit&2veg; 13-11-2011, 09:55 PM.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Snadger View Post
              Paper............from elephant dung!!!!!!!!
              Just imagine that getting stuck in the printer!

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              • #8
                What If they made envelopes from it...like who's gonna lick that

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by The Large One View Post
                  What If they made envelopes from it...like who's gonna lick that
                  Dung-no.

                  Your name seems very appropriate somehow!

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                  • #10
                    You can buy mixed elephant and rhino poo from Paignton zoo, about half our local garden centres sell the stuff- not tried it though.

                    Oh, and yep- you can buy envelopes made from elephant droppings. I used to work somewhere that sold 'em
                    My spiffy new lottie blog

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                    • #11
                      The wild elephant's diet is extremely rough - branches and the likes so the dung in the wild is also likely to be rough given that the beast's digestive system isn't very efficient. Having siad that though, the elephant dung beetle seems to be able to use the stuff and domesticated effluents are likely to have a much finer diet. I'd be for experimenting

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                      • #12
                        Bought some Elephant poo-per when we visited the elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka: Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Still have it in our wedding memory box.
                        A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

                        BLOG UPDATED! http://haywayne.blogspot.com/2012/01...ar-demand.html 30/01/2012

                        Practise makes us a little better, it doesn't make us perfect.

                        What would Vedder do?

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                        • #13
                          My firm regularly gives us envelopes containing bull-s**t- does that count??
                          "... discipline is what the world needs today and etiquette, you know. For one of the noblest things a man can do is to do the best he can, yeah ..."

                          Prince Far I (1944-1983)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Fruit&2veg View Post
                            My firm regularly gives us envelopes containing bull-s**t- does that count??
                            well I suppose that is verbal effluent

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by HeyWayne View Post
                              Bought some Elephant poo-per when we visited the elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka: Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Still have it in our wedding memory box.
                              Your a real romantic at heart aint you LOL
                              "... discipline is what the world needs today and etiquette, you know. For one of the noblest things a man can do is to do the best he can, yeah ..."

                              Prince Far I (1944-1983)

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