Re: Organic Fertilizers

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• Subject: Re: Organic Fertilizers
• From: M* A* A* <a*@JUNO.COM>
• Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 21:06:05 EST
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Tony:

What is chook manure?

Mike A. (western Oregon, Sunset zone 8)
quincymike@juno.com


On Fri, 28 Feb 1997 12:56:25 +1000 Tony Lupton <t.lupton@CITR.COM.AU>
writes:
>Hi all,
>
>Ron Carson wrote:
>
>> I would like some feedback on the types and amounts of organic
>> fertilizers people have used with success.  In past years, I have
>used
>> bone and blood meal with mixed results.
>
>At planting time, I incorporate some aged sheep manure and rake it in.
>For nitrogen-hungry vegetables (lettuces, brassicas, and, to a lesser
>extent, tomatoes, radishes, and beetroot) I feed fortnightly with a
>manure tea made from whatever manure I have on hand. I've tried side
>dressing with sheep manure, but the pellets don't break down when they
>are sitting on the surface of the soil. There might be some leaching,
>but I doubt it.
>
>Plus, of course, I use cow and chook manure to add N to my compost
>heap.
>
>Tony
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