From Jacque:

Thanks for the followup, OD - its a relief to have some reliable guidelines on the horizon.

And I've sure learned not to take the company's word for it that *any* manure is a finished product - that bag of "finished mixed organic compost" is mixed in with my perfectly good mix, and will have to wait at least another 6-8 months - *still* see whole pellets after a month in pots that will have to be emptied into a container, then bleached before reuse.