~Beware~ Top Soil |Mulch in Kow Manure Bags
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- čas přidán 7. 04. 2021
- Purchased Black Kow and got Top Soil/ Mulch in the bags 🤔
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Thank you. Was thinking of topdressing my lawn with a bunch of Black Kow this spring but seeing this makes me very hesitant.
I saw a video last week from a well know gardening channel they mentioned they lost a lot of there recently planted transplants. When they research to determine the cause they realize tot was the black cow! Its smelt like ammonia. The product burnt the roots of the plants
Oh wow.
@@seedsofjudah I've heard of Grazon issues with Black Kow and other issues in another video.
I used to buy food from a farm that was close by to me, which was apparently close by to Black Kow HQ, so the farm sold this fertilizer as well as used it. They were really organic and strict, so it's a shame to read all these negatives about Black Kow. I contacted them when I first was starting and it didn't seem to be for me.
I'm EXTREMELY STRICT when it comes to amendments.
One Manure brand I've heard great things about, as well as I purchased a bag, is "Bu's Blend Biodynamic Compost" by "MalibuCompost."
black kow is the worst. buy composted cow manure at a local nursery
Thank you so much. I just bought 13 bags in Louisiana and I was nervous lol I literally squeezed EVERY bag to feel for mulch 😬 but thankfully all were great… Hallelujah!!!!
All Praises! Happy Gardening
thanks so much for this info. I use the same brand. Will be on the look out.
Absolutley! Thank you for stopping by the channel. Happy Gardening
Thank you for letting us know. I just bought my 3rd bag today. It looked fine but good see your video for future reference. Many people would not know the difference if they never bought it before.
Absolutley! Ive purchased Black Cow in the past and never had an issue.It may just be in certain areas. Im glad all is well with the ones you purchased. Happy Growing
same thing happened to me. When I screened Black Kow , it looked like beaver manure not cow manure.
WOW! thanks for sharing!
Absolutely!! Thanks for watching!
love the content, picked up a few bags yesterday and now im curious, thanks for the heads up, i liked and subbed, shalom
Thank you for your feedback. Ive used Black Cow in the past and never had an issue. Im glad you enjoyed the content and appreciate you watching and subscribing. All Praises. Shalom
@@seedsofjudah thank you for responding, i got lucky with my bags. Hope for an awesome growing season for you and yours.
@@shredlife702 Awesome glad to hear. Thank you same to you! Happy Growing
@@seedsofjudah Is black cow the best Is manure that you can get I tried looking for it And Lowe's and home depot were out of it they only has Earthgro Organic Humus and Manure have you ever tried this one is it any good?
@@davidaix5771 Lowe’s carry a few different types they have one called mushroom compost that seem to be pretty good I’ve purchased a few bags and so far so good.
I got a bad bag. I tried 3 different brands and they all were full of junk. I sifted them all (major labor) and pulled the junk out.
It is Sept 2022 today. Has the quality of Black Kow improved?
Thank you for this video!
Ive only purchase a few bags of black Kow since this video from the feed back ive cotton its hit and miss.
Thank you for this informative video.
This is the 2nd video I came across (that was suggested to me via YT). In the first video the narrator mentioned that she got what seemed like good quality manure in a Black Kow bag vs Earthgro. It would reckon that mass production will always have its issues so what I intend to do a cut a bag open and check the quality of the manure BEFORE I leave the store. Of course I would rebag it if I decided to purchase.
I realize this video was made over a year ago but now money is way too tight to purchase anything with deceptive labels.
Happy gardening all!
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Thanks for the heads up. I picked up 10 or so bags of Black Kow a month ago and they all seemed ok, but the past few years I feel like the quality on all these bagged products has gone down tremendously. It’s pretty much hit or miss depending on what junk they blend in as filler on that particular day of manufacturing. Ive had very poor luck with Miracle Grow potting soil the past years, what used to be a very nice product now often looks like it is mostly ground up pallet wood. I had one bag of MG Potting Soil that no matter how much you tried watering it, it simply would not hold water. It actually repelled water, could not have been much soil or peat in it at all. No plant would have survived growing in it.
I haven’t been gardening long but I totally agree the quality of these products are questionable. Even when buying the "more expensive brand names"that’s why I starting buying the entry level brands of soil and focus more on creating my own compost!
Thank you!
Absolutely. Thank you for watching and your comment 🤗
New subscriber here. Hello from Fall River, Massachusetts.
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Thanks good looking out. I use Black Cow, now what do I use?
I didn't get a bag that bad, but i did notice the last bag i poured out looked like the exact same composition as those topsoil bags which i had also bought. More or less looked like they were filled with the same thing.
Be faithful and obedient to the Lord, Godspeed!
Thanks for sharing!! APTTMH
Im in the same zone and same. I used it cuz I mean, there wasn't anything better, but yeah, not super pleased. Also have some what looks like herbicide damage on a tomato plant and that is freaking me out.
Hi Emma
Have you tried Lowes? They do have some other fertilizer/ manure options. Where do you think the herbicide damage is coming from?I actually started making my own fertilizer and compost. Excited to see how they work out.
@@seedsofjudah Hi! Thanks so much for the tip! I'm gonna go look at Lowes. So it turned out it wasn't herbicide damage (thank god!) just the insane heat/sun on that bed drying it out and essentially burning the soil. I did deep mulch and it fixed the problem. It is however growing super slow (everything in that bed) so I think it really just isn't providing as much fertilizer as it should. I'll be adding my own home made compost to that next year which is full of worms and all manner of gross awesome stuff. I think I also made the mistake of making the mix too well draining. Lots more compost from my garden and other sources should help with that too.
I've used Black Kow for about 6 yrs but this year every tomato and pepper plant have shriveled up and been very spindly and I have three different plots all look bad and I don't know why?
Thank you very much for this video I’m just seeing this now and I agree the quality is definitely going downhill. I buy a pallet every year for my garden beds and this year is the last year I will be doing this I am tired of getting mulch and twigs instead of cow manure. I’m going to the old ways to just buy it through local farms.
Your welcome. Going to a local farm sounds like a great idea and something I need to look into ASAP. Thanks for stopping by the channel
I bought some yesterday at is a small guy on the corner farmer and all his bags were we're good or at least the ones I bought if I seen that I would flip out
It’s better to deal directly with local farmers if you have that option in your area. We are actually researching that option for the future.
Have you purchased anymore and gotten manure? I bought a few bags of potting soil from Walmart and it was just wood chips
Yes, I recently purchased (2) bags from a diffrent big box store in an ajecnt town. I didnt want to get to a lot and be stuck with mulch again but it turned out to be good now I wish i had gotten a few more.
I’ve contacted Black Kow company they advised they have changed the way the product is made and that’s the new product look
I bought two bags from ACE hardware in Maryland. It looked like black mulch with a lot of broken twigs in it. Maybe manure is only a trivial ingredient of the product?
Hi Jungchang, manure should be the main ingredient. In the past Black Kow has always been a pretty good product and very reputable company. However this year has been a diffrent story not sure whats going on this year the quality has gone down hill. Its not an isolated incident so many people from diffrent areas have had this same experience.
Thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
Mine was mostly sand and topsoil 😑 Im thinking it didn’t get mixed.
Wow 😳
I've noticed that for the last 4-5 years now that ALL topsoil bags that I buy are just composted mulch. Don't know what's going on. Looks like what u get a local city compost station.
What other brand have you been using ?
@@seedsofjudah Wal-Mart rural king and lowes all look the same
If you apply it to the top of the soil (no dig) and don’t till it in it will actually be pretty good for your soil. There is no need to till in amendments.
Wow I haven't seen that. It looks like they put mulch in the wrong bags. My only complaint with Black Kow is the price. It's almost 6 bucks a bag here, and right next to it is compost/manure for $2.56 a bag and it works just as good, if not better than the Black Kow. God bless yall and I hope you have an abundant year!
$6 is extremely high!!! I will look for the compost manure that you are referring to. Happy gardening!!
Is the stuff that is in your wheel barrel what the product is supposed to look like?
Hi Todd,
In the wheel barrow is soil that I was going to ammend by mixing it with the black cow. Black Cow is Cow manure it is normally smooth texture and black in color . It shouldn’t be brown or filled with sticks and tree bark!
If you run a soil test fairly certain that in most cases phosphorus is not an issue. Phosphorus is banned in my state.
Composted cow manures and Milo are high in phosphorus. You absolutely do not need to add more phosphorus despite what the lawn doctor says.
We appreciate your feedback! Thank you for watching .
whaooo got 30 bags, and realized its all wood chips too!
Wow! Check 1 or 2 of the bags they may be ok!! I purchased 2 bags from a diffrent town/ supplier and they were ok. Its possible that shipments to certain areas may have been effected.
It will be a pain in the neck reloading and lugging all those bags back to the store. Thank you for stopping by the channel and your comment.Happy Gardening
Black kow has fallen a great deal over the past 8 or so years. I remember years ago i got BK and it hardly had any sticks in it at all. Years later i tried my hand at gardening again and got a bunch of bags only to find that they started adding sticks and twigs to the mix. That said, i never seen it anywhere near as bad as the bags you got. I could say that after running a bag through a shifter i would have about 5-10 pounds of wood chips. that stuff you got looks like it may be way more than that.
I totally agree!! The quality of these products are questionable. Im realizing It may best to make your own compost.
Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate your comment
People should start opening all of them before returning it. Am sure they'll just put it back on the shelf and sell it to another unsuspecting Gardner. I bought 20 bags last year and there where no trace of compost. I still remember buying it a couple of years back and there was fresh cow poop in it. I didn't return it, I just put it to the side till the next year.
Hi Sweet Pea, Thank you for your comment. I started a compost bin and researched diffrent ways to make your soil healthy. So I will be doing a lot more of that this coming season.
Black Kow quality has gone down from last year. Black Kow manure compost today is not as good as Black Kow Top soil from last year.
All brands are not consistent.
I use cheap compost at a mulch because is has so much big wood chips in it.
I agree you never know what you're getting in those bags.
Sweet free mulch bring them all. Dempsey empty
Same here first time I tried Kow manure that it was like gold,, next year I got some and it was like mulch and didnt buy any more , a big waste of money.
You just font know what your getting these days. The prices of these bagged goods keep going up while the quality continues to decline
Smell it.
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I’ve been using this for years, and I’ve never seen this! It’s always black with a slight manure smell…
This was the 1st time ive had this experience. This has been my go to brand since I began gardening
it happened to me today at lowes
Have you tried any other options as far as compost is concerned?
My bag had a like 20 percent plastic containers and bags all chopped up mixed with uncomposted wood and bark. So pissed.
Wow!! If you dont mind me asking what state are you located? Ive heard a lot of similiar stories this season primarly in the South East.ex NC, SC, GA
@@seedsofjudah Good ole' Pennsylvania
Not sure how I got recommended your video but I don't know if that's legit black kow I've used a ton of it over the years and I've never had a bag make so much noise Mines aways been a stretchy plastic not a rigid
Ive also used black joe in the past and never had an issue prior to this season. It's definitely legit black kow it was purchased from one of their largest venders also they acknowledged that they have had some issues this season! We appreciate your feedback! Thank you for watching
This has nothing to do with Black Kow, sometimes stores have to go through 3rd parties to get the product and these companies take out the product and replace it with something completely different, never order things like this online, especially through Amazon because they always go through many vendors and sellers and always replace the product, they even have the ability to reseal the bags and you would never be able to tell…
I purchased these bags at a big box store however that could very well be the case. Thank you for your insight
Not surprising of this. Keep in mind many mfgs have processing plants at various locations and buy manure or composting materials from different vendors and occassionally when product is not available they may use an alternate vendor. This does happen. Additionally when the label says "manure" this can be a marketing labeling gimmick but contains other ingredients such as sand, bark, or other materials. The reason the don't always tell you of what it contains is part of their trade secrets.
Great points!! Thanks for your response we appreciate you stopping by the channel
I got the same. not buying again.
Grazon free?
Im not sure of what grazon is!!
Omg I think I have been duped too.!😔
“Homestead Heart” has problems this year with their unfinished Black Kow manure.
See their video
I saw Homestead Hearts video that was posted the other day. She mentioned it smelled like ammonia and it destroyed all of her pepper plants
I think that's humus
Thank you for your feedback
black kow is the worst. local nursery composted cow manure is much better. black kow is always at least half wood mulch/chips
That's a really bad batch, and not cow manure at all. It’s so sad how companies can just cut their product with garbage and charge just as much or even more. It's all marketing with black Kow and not a superior product. They aren’t cheap either but that product is totally inferior. It's probably shredded free pallet wood to that makes up that bag.
Yes it was!! I've never had this experience before. This is typically my go to fertilizer. Since this experience ive been researching and trying out other options like composting. Thank you for watching
so i got three bags of this last week and honey let me tell you it looked like manure in my bag but did not smell like shit at all im pretty sure it wasnt manure it was just like plain wet dirt.... had literally NO SMELL OF SHIT AT ALL... i was disgusted i dont have the gas to be taking them back living so far away send this vid to black cow and complain i am
WOW you never know what were gtting in these bags anymore. Im going to have to look into partnering with a local farm.
I had a similar experience after purchasing 2 bags from my local ACE, there were many sticks as large as 1/4" in diameter, large wood chips, and a pile of rocks and gravel at the bottom. It was garbage, no better than the ACE brand.
Its really getting bad it appears they put anything in those bags now. Its best to either start your own compost or deal directly with a local farmer if you have one in your area. Thanks for watching .
Thank you!
You are so welcome! I’m glad this information was helpful to you 🤗