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Which is better for a garden horse shit or chicken shit?
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Chicken shit. I don't have a scientific explanation but I have noticed it does more for the plants then other shit. I have tried tortoise shit which is very similar to horse shit without much luck.
If your soil is acidic, horse shit might be a better choice to help neutralize the pH. If your soil is alkaline, chicken shit could help lower the pH.
Yes. Both are amazing for different reasons. Horse is good for lighter application areas where nutrients are more plentiful.
Chicken is higher in nutrients but can burn & damage if its not applied properly / composted
Just use test strips to figure out which one?
Tortoise shit?
You know someone with a tortoise farm?
Is there a way to determine how much nutrients are in the soil?
Yeah that’s a simple way
Is there a way to do it with out?
More nitrogen in the chicken shit and you have to wait down to two months to mature if hot. Cold, minimum 6 months like horse shit.
Use what you have !
Chicken, high nitrogen. But it'll burn your plants if you dont let it sit for a while before applying.
Ppm (parts per million) meter
Soil tests, you can get them online I have one from Amazon.. Have yet to actually try it out
You need a ph meter as well. You want it between 6-7 . Unless you want a high calcium uptake for cell division. You would want liquid bone meal and then the pH is 7-7.5. You will also need microbes for better uptake in that situation.
Woah Sergio dropping the knowledge. I didn't know you are a gardening pro… are you mono cropping?
Vinegar and baking soda
I have three large African Sulcata tortoise. They just eat grass, left overs fruit and vegetables, and hay. They also shit a lot.
One surprising turkey here
I have a ppm wand.
Used it to test my old hydro set up.
Can I use that? How?
Any suggestions on a good ph meter?
Mine shit out on me n only read 4.8 in anything now lol
Am I going to make a small volcano?
Very interesting…
How old are they?
ive never used either
but then, im not a very good gardener
mushroom compost
& veggie compost yea but i dont have any sort of full operation going on
i grow some herbs
we hang out, we chat sometimes
its peaceful its tiny
i have some berry bushes
Make a diet slushie with some water
I used to grow a lot of weed 🤷♂️
Oh man, they are a bunch. I can't remember the brand of the to of my head.
Yup mono cropper lol
Thank you!
I’m looking at a few made by the same company as the wand rn…
The only one I know they age of is 6. The other two I assume are in there 20s but I'm not sure.
Dirt*
I’ve never seen any of my Amish neighbors put horse on their garden, but I have seen several use chicken. They are bigger fans of mushroom compost & cover crops though.
If you want the easiest manure to use get a bunny. It goes directly from the cage into the garden, no compost time required.
Interesting…. I fenced off the gardens this year… haven’t seen a bunny in the yard… I wonder if this is why the garden is kinda lite this year…
I’ve got one rabbit. I keep him only for the manure.
Gonna have to talk to my cousin…
She has two n door bunny’s…
horse is more of a soil conditioner than high nutrient. think composted straw, good for clayey soils.
chicken is great available N for whatever, just be sure you don't burn the plants.
There’s black gold under that cage
Basically yeah 😂
lol