Chicken manure on garden?
lisarose_martin
6 years ago
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Comments (3)Put the cardboard on top of the mown area then chicken coop litter + manure on top of the cardboard along with other organic matter like coffee grounds, leaves, shredded paper, etc. Speed of decomposition depends on what was used for bedding & the ratio of greens & browns. It's been our experience that wood shavings are slower than straw & even though still visible in the spring the manure has become crumbly, so easy to dig in & plant. I'm guessing the higher nitrogen of the chicken manure balances out the shavings robbing of nitrogen. We've used chicken & duck manure a lot to build up the soil. This ornamental bed was built in early spring with the freshest manures at the bottom & an assorted mix of organic matter on top. We planted around a month later. Chicken & duck coops visible in background. Mound the bed up 3x higher than height desired in the spring and you can level it out more in spring before planting. Don't be afraid of using chicken manure as long as you let it compost awhile 1st. We don't wait for it to be "done" & it works probably because it is at least partially composted & mixed with the wood shavings or sawdust bedding....See MoreWANTED: Wanted: Chicken Manure
Comments (1)I found what I needed. Thanks anyway. Alan...See MoreDigested manure for hydroponics
Comments (5)primstuff I honestly don't worry much about E Coli, I feel I do a good job of washing my produce where that is not going to be a problem. However if you want to sell what you grow, it's just about imposable to control how others process their food. I had a pdf copied to my computer that I think might be useful to you. Granted it's about growing aquaponically, but manure is manure (fish, or any other animal). On-Farm Food Safety: Aquaponics I haven't read it all the way through, like I said I tend to save things to my computer for later use. Although I believe it outlines the type of procedures you were looking for, and it was conducted by the University of Hawaii....See MoreSide dress runner bean plants??
Comments (3)Runners like rich living. Compost, well rotted manure, grass clippings anything. I never fertilise mine with anything else so can't comment on the effect artificial fertiliser might have. I am sure they would revel in composted chicken manure. A traditional method here is to take out the runner bean trench in the autumn and fill it all through the winter with the kinds of stuff you'd put on your compost heap plus any manure you might have. Then you pull the soil back over in the spring and plant your beans....See Moreplanterjeff
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