Thanks for the heads up. I might just try it on a couple of plants first, don't want to fry all my plants.
Kind of boring but there was a day or two of excitement.
I have a small bag of Chicken Manure, a 5-3-2 product, from a well known long time organic fertilizer producing company, Espoma was the name. The stuff is around here somewhere, maybe in the garage or back room. I top-dressed with a couple of teaspoons on the soil in a couple of pots. After a couple of watering sessions I notice that the manure was covered with white fungus, the start of a mycelium network of fungus. Life was good and two days later, after one more watering, I turned the top inch or two of soil over and mixed my new micro-organisms into the soil.About the same. The Chicken stuff is hot, up there with Blood Meal. But we should remember that it is often 'hot' because the Nitrogen is very water soluble and not because of the percentage (usually Nitrogen) that is in the product. I do not use it all that often, preferring the bird or bat guano and fish products. I probably prefer those because I have been using those sources for decades and have become used to them. I picked up a bottle of a 'natural' liquid fertilizer called MorBloom 0-10-10 from the Alaska Fish Company. One of the primary sources of the nutrients is fish emulsion. It should not be 'hot' since it is not a significant source of Nitrogen. Going to try it out on some flowers this summer, and maybe a tomato plant or two.
Of course.
Mix it into the soil ahead of time, maybe a week or two before planting.
I learned something today....birds don't piss.
Chicken manure needs to be composted, you cant use it straight or fresh.
