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chicken shit as fertilizer
    #400714 - 04/13/10 03:51 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

i'm thinking this is a good idea.

guessing that it will be LOADED with nitrates so I will leave it out to compost &
eventually add slowly to avoid burn/death

should i mix this in with the soil first or feed once i get to a suitable size?

organic solutions for phosphorous and potassium?

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: b0b gnarley]
    #400790 - 04/13/10 05:34 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

Chicken manure is pretty hot when it fresh, definitely compost it. I've read somewhere that most chicken manure has a N-P-K of about 1-0.8-0.5.

I would recommend bat guano as a source of P and Potash for K.

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: DungenessDank]
    #400879 - 04/13/10 06:51 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

wiki:

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Guano consists of ammonia, along with uric, phosphoric, oxalic, and carbonic acids, as well as some earth salts and impurities. Guano also has a high concentration of nitrates.

Currently vast volumes of phosphorus are needed to produce fertilizer, as it is an essential plant macronutrient. Guano is rich in phosphorus and is an intensely effective phosphorus fertilizer.




Wouldn't guano essentially replace chicken shit?  I don't want TOO many nitrates.  Phosphorous seems to be most important, no?

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: b0b gnarley]
    #400883 - 04/13/10 06:55 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

Different brands have different sources and ratio's of NPK.

For Example:

Peace of Mind

Jamacian

But you can see that it is primarily P, and this guano too is fairly hot, but less so than the fresh manure.

Edited by DungenessDank (04/13/10 06:55 PM)

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: DungenessDank]
    #400890 - 04/13/10 07:05 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

k that answers that then

recommendations for a pH meter?  is digital>litmus paper?  or is old school BEST SCHOOL

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: b0b gnarley]
    #400894 - 04/13/10 07:08 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

Digital is easiest for testing your water's pH and the PH of the run off. The paper is convenient to use if you want to test the soil itself.

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: DungenessDank]
    #400898 - 04/13/10 07:10 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

oh nice i thought it was the other way around

http://www.amazon.com/Atlantis-Hydroponics-pH-test-strips/dp/B0013LQJQE/ref=sr_1_45?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1271207128&sr=1-45

haha look at "Frequently Bought Together"

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: b0b gnarley]
    #400905 - 04/13/10 07:13 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

:rofl: That's a good sign.

I just like the digital meters for their accuracy. The strips can be used as a reliable stand-by to check and see if all is well.

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: DungenessDank]
    #400922 - 04/13/10 07:44 PM (13 years, 11 months ago)

soil is really all i will be testing

water comes from creek full of biodiversity so I know its good.

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Re: chicken shit as fertilizer [Re: b0b gnarley]
    #401691 - 04/15/10 01:00 AM (13 years, 11 months ago)

Book I have says wet chicken manure N - 1.5%, P - 1.5%, K - 0.5%; and dry N - 4%, P - 4%, K - 1.5%, +trace elements.

Even more nitrogen if there are feathers in the mix.


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