A new brand to me but still the same stuff!
Being an organic or natural gardener. I don't use man-made chemicals on the veg plot.
I had a big pile of fym but it got spread over a stony area of a field to make top soil and eventually more pasture.
We have a big pile of this year's fym but it's far too fresh to use until Autumn.
So I purchased a bucket of poultry manure for 15 Euros at the weekend from a garden centre.
I spread the poultry manure pellets on the onions, cabbages and potatoes 🥔 that we have recently planted.
It's smelly stuff and I would recommend you wear gardening gloves when handling it. It's a lot easier than piking and barrowing tons of fym.
That's a job for the Autumn.
Does anyone else use poultry manure pellets? Do you like them and do give your plants all the minerals and vitamins they require?
I have used them for years, getting them from B&Q in big reusable tubs. I have stopped now are we have neighbours who feed foxes and the smell would bring them into our garden, I now use fish, blood and bone.
ReplyDeleteYes it makes sense not to attract foxes into your garden. We don't have the hens and ducks anymore so I bought the poultry manure pellets. Seaweed is an excellent organic fertilizer and we collect it sometimes from local beaches.
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ReplyDeleteWe were given a large bag of chicken manure pellets last year and have been using them for our outdoor pots. We also added a good handful when we planted our new tree saplings. We are hoping for some good results. Time will tell!
Great product name JayCee . I find them to be excellent plant food and they are organic. It's a lot easier than piking tons of fym.
ReplyDeleteI need to get some more!! I use calcified seaweed..that lasts a few years in the soil...and liquid seaweed. As well as compost and gym in the autumn
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to apply and weed free GZ. There are up to 50 trace elements in seaweed. All good natural soil additives and don't damage the environment.
ReplyDeleteI've never used anything on my soil. Perhaps that's where I'm going wrong :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe Jules. The soil is like a bank account. You can't keep taking something out without putting something back in. Thanks.👍
ReplyDeleteYes. I have used poultry manure pellets before Dave. There's not much "body" to them so they are not water retentive. You are right - they are very smelly and the stink is hard to wash away. If you crush them into a powder you can then sprinkle them into a reefer and get high. Far out man!
ReplyDeleteGood shit hey man?😊 It reminds me of those Camel cigarettes. Even the smoke smelled of camel poo. Thanks for commenting you always make me laugh.👍
DeleteI recall cleaning out the chicken shed at home as a kid (80 chooks). It smelled like ammonia. Burn the hairs out of your nose. That stuff was way too strong to shovel onto the garden. Thought of you yesterday when I was moving slash piles and found the one bit had composted enough to use, not fym but good organic stuff to spread on my nascent veg patch.
ReplyDeleteBeen there got the T shirt. Wash your hands, take a shower and you can still smell it. Leave it long enough in piles and you will have some great organic stuff TM.
ReplyDeleteWe have been given a huge bag of compost pellets. A friend of ours came and dug around the citrus trees and put a kilo of the stuff around each tree. He's left the rest for my garden pots and plots. I'm hoping the tomatoes will love it.
ReplyDeleteI think the tomatoes will love the compost pellets Linda.
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