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- Q.How To Do Composting Of Cow Manure - I have cows and lots of manure. I'd like to know how to compost it and break down the clumps, ...
- Q.Can I Mix Chicken Waste With Other Garden Compost - Can I mix chicken waste with other garden compost?
- Q.Horse Manure Killed Plants - My husband put about 4 inches of horse manure on our raspberry, strawberry, concord grape and apple tree plants! The ...
- Q.Household Ammonia: Can It Contribute Any Nitrogen To Compost - Have a source of horse manure and straw. Most of it is not very well decomposed. I wet it w/the ...
- Q.Is Old Chicken Manure Healthy To Use? - We took down an old chicken building, which held thousands of chickens 10 yrs ago and within the last two ...
- Q.Does Using Chicken Manure In The Garden Create More Weeds? - We have 30 chickens and use their manure to fertilize our garden. We have only had a garden 2 years ...
- Q.When Is The Best Tme To Add Steer Manure To A Veg. Garden - What time of year? How soon before planting?
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Anonymous on
June 8, 2012Q.How to Do Composting of Cow Manure
I have cows and lots of manure. I'd like to know how to compost it and break down the clumps, so I can spread it over the garden and work it in.
Answered by
Nikki on
June 8, 2012
Certified ExpertA.Here is an article that you may find helpful: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/cow-manure-compost.htm
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- Asked by
rosina on
June 13, 2012Q.Can I mix chicken waste with other garden compost
Can I mix chicken waste with other garden compost?
- Answered by
Nikki on
June 13, 2012
Certified ExpertA.Yes, you can compost it. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/chicken-manure-fertilizer.htm
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rockingj on
June 22, 2012Q.Horse manure killed plants
My husband put about 4 inches of horse manure on our raspberry, strawberry, concord grape and apple tree plants! The manure was shoveled off the ground and was about 3 months dried out but still in balls! It seems that it killed all plants and now the tree is beginning to turn brown! I've taken the manure out that I could and added plain topsoil, but it doen't seem to help stop the dying. What else can I do to save anything?? I'm desperate!
- Answered by
Nikki on
June 23, 2012
Certified ExpertA.There may be too much nitrogen in the soil and it burned the roots. Fresh manure could burn the roots and cause issues like this, even death to the plants. The manure should be aged at least over winter to fully cure enough to put around plants, especially that amount. You could try flushing the area with water to see if that helps, but unfortunately, that's really all you can do.
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July 21, 2012Q.Household ammonia: can it contribute any Nitrogen to compost
Have a source of horse manure and straw. Most of it is not very well decomposed. I wet it w/the hose and run it over with the lwan mower 2-4 times and it's great mulch. However, I'd like to compost it and was wondering if adding regular household ammonia to the compost pile would help add nitrogen to speed composting?
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July 28, 2012A.Use 1 tbs of black strap molasas to one gal water and water ur compost and the mico will help brake down the compost.
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ALynch on
July 22, 2012A.Yup! That's what my husband uses! just pour some on over your pile (not the whole bottle!) and MIX IT IN....you'll be amazed what household products can be used to help our lawns, flowers, compost...
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winston on
September 11, 2012Q.Is old chicken manure healthy to use?
We took down an old chicken building, which held thousands of chickens 10 yrs ago and within the last two years have had a garden in the place where the building was. Is that chicken manure very potent being it was so long ago?
- Answered by
Nikki on
September 12, 2012
Certified ExpertA.If it's been sitting awhile then it should be safe to use. Fresh chicken manure is extremely high in nitrogen and will burn plant seedlings, so you want the manure to be well aged prior to planting in soil that's been amended with it. You can also choose to compost it. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/chicken-manure-fertilizer.htm
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Cameo on
September 17, 2012Q.Does using chicken manure in the garden create more weeds?
We have 30 chickens and use their manure to fertilize our garden. We have only had a garden 2 years now and we are still learning. We have been told that chicken manure is creating more weeds in our garden because of all the grains that the chickens eat. Is there any truth in this?
- Answered by
Nikki on
September 18, 2012
Certified ExpertA.That's unlikely, but if weed seeds are a concern for you, then composting the chicken manure is an option. This article will help: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/chicken-manure-fertilizer.htm
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October 4, 2012Q.When Is the Best Tme to Add Steer Manure to a Veg. Garden
What time of year? How soon before planting?
- Answered by
Nikki on
October 5, 2012
Certified ExpertA.I would either compost this for use in spring or you may add it to the soil beds now and let it set over winter for spring planting. This article will help as well: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/composting/manures/steer-manure.htm
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