What's Brown And Sounds Like A Bell? Re:Chicken Manure
DUNG! (sorry)
RE: the recent thread on manure, here is some comparison information
from a couple of different sources. It may be helpful in calculating
application rates.
Pounds of Nitrogen, Phospate and Potash
per ton of animal manure:
Garden Doctor Gardeners Dictionary
N P K N P K
Cattle - 10.0 2.7 7.5 ------ 9 6 8
Horse - 14.9 4.5 13.2 ------ 11 6 13
Poultry - 29.9 14.3 7.0 ------ 20 16 10
Air Dried - N/A ------ 40 30 19
Sheep - 23.0 7.0 21.7 ------ 20 9 17
Air Dried N/A ------ 45 20 40
Swine - 12.9 7.1 10.9 ------ 13 7 10
Percentage of nitrogen, phosphorous
and potassium of the following:
N P K
Coffee Grounds - 2.08% 0.32% 0.28%
Brewer's Grains - 0.90% 0.50% 0.05%
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Gough, Elizabeth A wrote:
> How does sheep manure compare?
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Brian Cook b*@interlog.com
Toronto/Port Perry Ontario Canada
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