Composted Cow Manure

A composted cow manure amendment for mixing into native soil before planting.

Improve the soil you already have

Black Kow Composted Cow Manure is a soil amendment for mixing with the soil in your garden. Use it while preparing a bed or planting area, when you can work the organic material into the soil around the future roots. It is useful where the existing soil needs help holding moisture or where a heavy texture makes the planting area difficult to work.

Help sandy soil hold moisture

Sandy soil can lose water and nutrients beyond the root area. Composted cow manure adds organic material that helps hold moisture and nutrients around those roots. Mixing it into the planting soil brings that amendment into the area where the plant will grow. Prepare the soil before planting so you can distribute it through the bed rather than leaving all the material in a single patch on the surface.

Work with heavy soil too

In clay-type soils, Black Kow helps improve aeration and moisture-holding conditions. The point of adding it is to change the growing environment around the roots as you work with the native soil. Break up the area you intend to amend and mix it evenly. The texture of the original soil still matters, so plan the job around that planting site rather than treating every garden bed as the same.

Use it during garden preparation

Composted cow manure can be used in vegetable gardens or flower beds and when planting trees and shrubs. Decide which planting area you will prepare before moving the bag. Spread the amendment where you can work it into the soil, then mix through that area before setting the plants. For an individual planting job, have the plant and the prepared soil close enough that the root ball does not need to wait while you gather the rest of the supplies.

Keep the application tied to the job

Follow the application directions on the bag for the planting project. Mixing into native soil is the intended use described here. The bag is an amendment to bring to the garden during preparation, so plan the quantity from the area you will actually work. Once the plants are set, water and maintain them for their particular needs. Keep the remaining bag with the gardening supplies for the next area that needs soil preparation.