Cow Pat Pit

• Natural, organic and biodynamic
• Results in better taste and colour
• Increases yield
• Improves soil quality
• Excellent compost starter
• Makes 30 litres of organic fertilizer per pack
• Instructions on product label
• Hand made in NZ using Kiwi cows!

Who is using CPP?

For the New Zealand home gardener, who wants to grow good healthy vegetables and fruit in their own backyard, CPP is the user-friendly product for you.

Five thousand years of agriculture were based on cow manure as the source of soil fertility. Now you can have these benefits in your home garden without having the cow.

Many commercial horticulture and vineyard properties use CPP as an important part of their fertility and plant health management program. Several growers have their own cows and make CPP on site. Read more.

What is CPP

Cow pat pit is made from cow manure collected from our small herd of Scottish Highland cows grazing on good organic pasture. The fresh manure is mixed with ground eggshell and basalt dust, and inoculated with biodynamic compost preparations, then placed in a pit to undergo aerobic decomposition for three months. The result is CPP, rich brown humus with forest-floor fragrance. It is well described on this site.

How it works

CPP is a general fertilizer for leaf or soil application. It is a concentrated source of all beneficial soil organisms. It promotes plant growth and strengthens plants against pathogenic fungi. For a scientific description of its attributes, presented at the 18th World Congress of Soil Science 2006, click here.

Who is Peter Proctor?

Peter Proctor, now living in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, is a past national field advisor for the New Zealand Bio Dynamic Farming and Gardening Association.

Since then, Peter has taught biodynamics in many countries, particularly, in India. The documentary, from Cloud South Films Ltd, entitled One Man, One Cow, One Planet, features the work Peter did with Indian farmers over many years. Peter has popularized the widespread making and use of CPP amongst farmers in many parts of India.

Peter Proctor is the author of Grasp the Nettle – Making Biodynamic Farming and Gardening Work. First published in 1997, by Random House New Zealand, this book’s continuing popularity means it has had seven reprints and a revision since its release.

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