I've got a question for you. It's a gardening question. It's a compost question. It's a chicken manure question.
I have heard it said that chicken manure is good for a garden. I have heard it said that straw is good to cover plants in a garden. I have heard it said that compost is good for the garden.
I have all three. That is not my question. My question actually has to do with timing.
We will soon do the spring cleaning of the chicken coop, replacing all the straw with fresh. When we do, can I take that straight to my garden area or do I need to compost it until next year? (or even longer?)
I have the composted chicken coop straw from last year that I could also use. I just thought if I could load the wheel barrel and do an immediate transfer from the coop to the garden, it would save me transporting from coop to compost pile and then compost pile to garden.
Am I just being lazy? Oh wait, please don't answer that. *sheepish grin* That is not my garden question!
Straw, compost, garden, chicken manure and timing... any ideas?
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
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I'd recommend composting until next year at least. My dad put chicken manure straight on his garden year before last, and it burned up all his plants for that season. Growing was minimal, and he is just now recovering from it.
So, from someone who does very little gardening herself -- yet knows someone with experience -- hang on to the chicken manure and mix it with something else to lessen its potency on your tender plants. Hope this helps a teeny bit. : )
I'd use the straw from last year for sure, but wait on the poop! Not sure I've ever put that in a post. hee hee. But I can always ask P, my expert gardener! :)
Happy Wed.!
LOL. Well my black thumb says you better not ask me anything about gardening.
Haven't used chicken manure, but did get some horse manure a few years ago. We allowed it to compose down with the straw for about a year. Then when digging over my veg plot, I mixed it in with the soil before planting up my crops, it put a lot of goodness into the soil, and caused no burning
Hello, Yes to wait is right, not neccesarily a year but it needs to compost down. Use the straw ansd the poop in the compost and add the greens. Then you have all three.
The straw if fresh to walk on and to mulch (week water in)
Old straw to mix in the soil. It is great to mix the old straw into compost bin as your brown.
Use the old coop poop this year. It is too hot a nitrogen to add fresh.
Except perhaps a bit in your cabbage row. Cabbage eat up the nitro. I learned this the hard way this year.
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