Dehydrated Cow Manure

 


The cow manure you buy in 40 pound bags at hardware stores,  I'm
thinking of adding to my vegetable bed.  I'm wondering if it will burn
my young plants?  I want to till it into the soil along with some all
purpose granular fertilizer and compost about 6 weeks before I plant the
bed.  Also,  how many pounds of manure should I ad for every 100 sq ft?

Rich

 

EVP MAN wrote:

No but the  chemfert will if it is too strong.  Allowing 6 weeks rest it
will be OK if you don't overdo it.

I want to till it into the soil along with some all

I don't know in terms of weight but I spread horse and cow about 5cm (2in)
thick and turn it in (or not).

David

 


On the slow release fertilizer granules they call for 5 pounds per 100
sq ft.  Perhaps I should cut that in half when adding the cow manure
also.  It's 4-6-4 fertilizer.

Rich

 

On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:30:22 -0500, White_Noise_1@webtv.net (EVP MAN)
wrote:


Although somewhat low in nutrition numbers, cow manure can indeed burn
young plants.   A bag every 100 sq feet tilled in sounds about right,
much less if not tilled in.  I found using both manure and inorganic
fertilizers when tilling give the bestter yielding plants.  You still
got to be careful, some plants, like peppers, are sensitive to too
much nitrogen.  

 



Production Practices and Sample Costs to Produce
Chili Pepper
Chicken manure (three to four tons per acre) is custom applied a week or
more prior to listing (tilling).
http://www.sfc.ucdavis.edu/Research/chili.html

100 sq.ft. = 0.0022956841 acre.
 8,000#/acre = 18.37#/ 100 sq.ft.

Manure   Chicken  Diary cow
N         1.1      .257  
P          .80      .15  
K          .50      .25  

1.1Chicken/.257Cow = 4.28

4.26 X 4.28 = 78.6236 lbs cow./100 sq. ft.

Make that 2 forty lb. bags / 100 sq. ft.

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