Is it okay to use old cat litter as compost for flowers?
Cat **** contains nothing useful for your garden. Comment by HandyMan — July 29, 2008 @ 10:26 pm no. it will change the ph of the flowers. not only that, it is unattractive, and it will break down the nutrients in the soil. no no no. Comment by christine g — August 2, 2008 @ 4:49 am Try mushroom compost, you will have beautiful flowers. Comment by boatwoman — August 2, 2008 @ 5:17 pm Despite my learned colleague’s comment, manure is an excellent source of nitrogen (and other stuff as well.) Toxoplasmosis: a microbe, transferred in feces, which has little or no effect on cats or people, EXCEPT that it may do serious harm to a developing fetus. Pregnant women should be cautions in their contact with cats, expecially the excrement. Oocysts can survive in the environment for several months and are remarkably resistant to disinfectants, freezing, and drying, but are killed by heating to 70°C for 10 minutes. This would suggest that it might survive in the soil until maybe years later. With r
