Westland Organic Chicken Manure Pellets, 10 kg

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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. Additionally, organic matter provides a food source for soil microbes, which increases soil biological diversity, accelerating the breakdown of organic nutrients into forms more readily available to plants.

These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Liquid Feed – Soaking a punctured bag full of Chicken Manure in water will make a liquid feed which is ideal for greenhouse plants and for treating a larger area than using the dry pellets. Manure from the sheds is now collected for use as fuel in a biomass-burning power station at Westfield in Fife. A compost pile with manure should be far away from your garden and other areas of your yard with human traffic, such as children’s play areas, to prevent contamination from the runoff.

Cemetery Road, Silverdale, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 6SH | © - Garners Garden Centre - All Rights Reserved. To keep your topsoil organic we suggest pulling up common weeds, when and if they appear, instead of using chemical weed-killers. Because of its tendency towards alkalinity, poultry manure is unsuitable for lime-hating (ericaceous) plants, such as rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias, blueberries and heathers. Poultry manure is a useful source of nitrogen, the main nutrient that plants need for green leafy growth. Spread the recommended amount between layers of organic material to provide a nutrient rich compost.

In addition to chicken droppings, chicken manure contains everything else that gets swiped up when a chicken coop is cleaned out: urine, feathers, leftover feed, and coop bedding material such as straw and hay, pine or cedar shavings, grass clippings, shredded leaves, and recycled paper. Nitrogen is the element responsible for green, leafy growth - and so is what you want for crops like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale and spinach. Chicken manure fertilizer is very high in nitrogen and also contains a good amount of potassium and phosphorus. Pelleted Chicken Manure has no added ingredients but still has all the trace elements so essential for garden life. Chicken manure is different from fresh domestic poultry litter - which is often used without additional processing for the compost heap.Chicken manure is a great resource for home gardeners, particularly if you grow your own vegetables, and in pellet form it’s safe and easy to use. They provide a useful source of nitrogen (N) for plants, and also contains smaller amounts of other important nutrients. Gardening Know How is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. It can also be put on the compost heap, adding a 5cm (2in) layer to every 15cm (6in) of other material.

Avoid direct, undiluted contact with tender, young plants – scatter pellets about 50 to 80mm away and work into surface of the soil. You will find that your vegetables will grow bigger and healthier as a result of using chicken manure fertilizer. 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. Product Information Our Horse and Chicken Manure is a rich, black manure that is easy to work with and gives great results.

For greedy vegetable crops use 200g per sq m (6oz per sq yd), but split this into two doses with a four week gap between applications.