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Westland Organic Chicken Manure Pellets, 10 kg

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Fresh poultry droppings are very alkaline in pH compared to the dried manure or the litter as a whole. Each time a coop is cleaned, the manure can be thinly spread on a tarp or other impermeable surface to dry in the sun, before adding it to the pile. Sign up for the Gardening Know How newsletter today and receive a free download of our most popular eBook "How to Grow Delicious Tomatoes.

Avoid direct, undiluted, contact with tender young plants – scatter pellets about 50 to 80 cm (2-3 inches) away and work into surface of the soil. Additionally, the storage area should not be located where runoff could contaminate vegetable gardens, edible plants or children’s’ play areas. FLOWERS, VEGETABLES AND SOFT FRUIT – Two or three handfuls (140-210 g) per square metre (4 – 6oz per sq. Gardeners who have their own flock will have a ready supply of fresh chicken manure, but it still needs to be composted before adding it to garden beds.For organic gardeners, Chicken Manure Pellets are a great way to enrich and condition soils and feed plants. To keep your topsoil organic we suggest pulling up common weeds, when and if they appear, instead of using chemical weed-killers.

The pH (acidity or alkalinity) of poultry manure varies according to its age, the diet fed to the birds, the age of the birds and the litter materials used. We use a pallet network who will use a manually operated pallet truck to move the bag(s) to the kerbside or onto a level (No slopes or hills), solid surface such as a tarmac drive (not gravel or grass sorry). If you are able to access a source, then it can be used as a spring top dressing for crops requiring plenty of nitrogen, such as blackcurrants, vegetables and plum trees. Chicken manure pellets can be an extremely useful fertiliser in your garden, adding essential nutrients to your plants and flowers. Pathogens are not actively killed by aging, but instead are inhibited from reproducing, which results in a slow decline of the population.Always water in plants and crops once they have been planted to ensure nutrient uptake through the roots. This chicken manure fertiliser is up to eight times richer than farmyard manure, allowing your plants to thrive.

This product is a popular choice amongst gardeners who are looking to use a 100% natural fertiliser. Whether composted or aged, manure should be applied no later than 90 days prior to harvest of non-ground-contact crops such as trellised tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers; and no later than 120 days prior to harvest of ground-contact crops such as lettuce, strawberries and carrots (Rosen, 2005).

Pelleted Chicken Manure is six to eight times richer than traditional farmyard manure and is a popular choice amongst gardeners who want a 100% natural fertiliser.

If you’re using chicken manure pellets for established plants, you should use approximately 2-3 handfuls as a top dressing around the plant base. This requires the compost pile to be turned weekly to introduce oxygen and shield it from the elements, as rain or snow will reintroduce more moisture.

There’s nothing more satisfying than tending to a strong and healthy garden, and with a little careful management and the right fertilisers you can turn your own garden into something beautiful and bountiful. gallons) of litter every six months, which means a flock of 10 hens, will produce about three-quarters of a cubic yard per year. Because it’s so high in nitrogen, chicken manure is a great natural fertiliser for plants, but if you’re not careful it can be a case of too much of a good thing. Composting - Scatter a handful of pellets into each layer of garden waste added to the compost heap to enrich the compost and add trace elements. Potassium and phosphorus levels vary but are estimated to be 80 percent of that available in a commercial fertilizer.

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