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Unused Natural kitty litter to mix in garden

 
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We were given 4 huge bags of this kitty litter saying there cats did not like it. so we accepted and they didn't mind it so much as we mixed it with tidy cat. Anyway it attracted (or breeded, or unleashed) bugs, roach like after they had used it.  So we have decided to try and do something with this. Was wondering if mixing in the garden soil would work or hinder?
https://tinyurl.com/34skhn36 . It is the worlds best..no?  Anyway we have a small neighborhood plot in a community garden where our neighbor told us someone had come in weeks ago (before got in in June) and bobcatted all of the top soil out and I believe them. For as I look back there were no weeds nothing. (too good to be true, looking back  I remembered Paul saying way back to look for what weeds were growing , lost mind when this clean slate was presented to me). Anyway I think this plot is 10'x25'. We have 3, 28 pound bags of this stuff available. The soil that was left us is mostly all clay under the 1" of mulch they left. So hard I had to use a post hold digger to get  anything in the ground. We did only use the top side on the super gentle slope and left the bottom half feral.   The litter claims to be nothing but corn, but I do know that in itself can be sketch... Thanks for reading !  All comments are invited. The kitty litter will be unused by cats just in its dry state.
 
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Rob Young wrote:We were given 4 huge bags of this kitty litter saying there cats did not like it. so we accepted and they didn't mind it so much as we mixed it with tidy cat. Anyway it attracted (or breeded, or unleashed) bugs, roach like after they had used it.  So we have decided to try and do something with this. Was wondering if mixing in the garden soil would work or hinder?
https://tinyurl.com/34skhn36 . It is the worlds best..no?  Anyway we have a small neighborhood plot in a community garden where our neighbor told us someone had come in weeks ago (before got in in June) and bobcatted all of the top soil out and I believe them. For as I look back there were no weeds nothing. (too good to be true, looking back  I remembered Paul saying way back to look for what weeds were growing , lost mind when this clean slate was presented to me). Anyway I think this plot is 10'x25'. We have 3, 28 pound bags of this stuff available. The soil that was left us is mostly all clay under the 1" of mulch they left. So hard I had to use a post hold digger to get  anything in the ground. We did only use the top side on the super gentle slope and left the bottom half feral.   The litter claims to be nothing but corn, but I do know that in itself can be sketch... Thanks for reading !  All comments are invited. The kitty litter will be unused by cats just in its dry state.



a) if it’s got bugs, you probably don’t want it in your house/garage.
b) I couldn’t get your link to work, but if it’s World’s Best, I haven’t heard anything against it.
c) I’d normally worry about adding more clay to a clay soil (most clumping litters use clay for that purpose) but if it says it’s all corn it probably is.
d) a possible side effect of using it might be a big visit from birds, for both the corn and possible bugs.  I can imagine both good and bad effects from that.
 
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Make compost with the kitty litter.

My suggestion would be to take equal amounts of the litter with other veggie scraps, grass clipping, green weeds, etc.
 
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