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Cajun2 (Carole) Cleveland, TX(Zone 9a) Mar 31, 2009

What do you all think of fish emulsion for fertilizer? I'd used it faithfully in my garden in the past but I'd not grown many veggies then. My ornamentals LOVED it!

The neighbor has a donkey on the property adjoining ours and we visit it from time to time. We noticed the owners pile the poop in what is the BACK of their property, about 10' from our fence on the east propertly line (quite a distance from the edge of our 'yard'). Last year, I gathered a wheelbarrow load and brought it to our veggie garden and mixed it in. It was aged, so I'm sure it didn't do any damage, but I can't say for sure it did a lot of good either.

Another neighbor has sons in the FFA. One is raising pigs and the other chickens. I've heard chicken poop can be very 'hot' fertilizer, so I'm thinking it'd be really good to add to the compost pile to get it going. Both of these poop piles are mixed with rice hulls. Anyone know much about using these in the garden?

Just curious... when it's FREE you have to check it out! Your input is welcomed here!

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) Mar 31, 2009

Animal manures in general are good fertilizers. Poultry manures should be used primarily for nitrogen loving plants as it can cause excessive growth and lack of fruiying on fruiting plants. Aged or composted is the safest way to handle it.

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Stephen_Albert Kenwood, CA Apr 01, 2009

We use all sorts of farm animal manure on our vegetable beds. We place a plastic tarp over the piles and let them bake for four or five months--and so we have plenty of aged manure at no cost. We add a quarter to half inch on beds in spring--beds where we are not growing legumes, which fix their own nitrogen-- and mix it in, and we add an inch as sheet compost in fall and let the winter rains and temps work it in.

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JohnCrichton75 League City, TX(Zone 9a) Apr 01, 2009

I'm using fish emulsion for the first time (but this is my second go at growing veggies so beware.) I have 4 tomato and 4 pepper plants in pots and have applied the fish emulsion once using 1 tbsp/ gallon. So far, my tomato plants look nice and green but the peppers are not as lush. Then again, I had mixed a few cups of composted cow manure into the potting soil as well so the nice foliage is probably due to a little of both. I plan to apply this once a month as directed, so we'll see.

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