anyone use chicken litter pellets?

[Industrial Toys]

This one of our two farmers is certified organic, so I guess he has to pay a premium for fertilizer. There just isn't much organically certified manure around. Those that have it, keep it for their own operations.

 

[farmer2009]

He said Tons but probably meant tonnes 2200lbs, and what is the dollar difference these days?

I managed to score a bucketfull (3/4 yrd) for the garden, but the farmer warns that it is VERY potent.

So how much do I use? When? How should I store, what I don't use?

Maybe, I should ask, how do I get near it?

Thanks

Is it broiler or layer litter? Crusting sir clean out? Yes it matters.

Very carefully. I'd spread it evenly where you want your corn, beans, squash, ect. Just skip the area for your tomatoes and be light under the squash. Spreading it this fall will give it a chance to mellow out before next year.

It should weigh in the 30-40lb/cuft range. So you have 600-800 lbs. and that would cover 200-400sqft. How big is your garden? You may want to thin it down even more. Keep it dry. Under a tarp.

Chicken litter doesn't stink, it smells like money. Laughing.

 

[thendrix]

Is it broiler or layer litter? Crusting sir clean out? Yes it matters.

Very carefully. I'd spread it evenly where you want your corn, beans, squash, ect. Just skip the area for your tomatoes and be light under the squash. Spreading it this fall will give it a chance to mellow out before next year.

It should weigh in the 30-40lb/cuft range. So you have 600-800 lbs. and that would cover 200-400sqft. How big is your garden? You may want to thin it down even more. Keep it dry. Under a tarp.

Chicken litter doesn't stink, it smells like money. Laughing.

This is the way most people use it. My father in law does a little different though. He plows and lays off the rows. Then he takes a shovel and sprinkles it in the row. A litter/ feed shovel will do about 15 ft. He then comes back with a hoe and drags just enough dirt on top to cover then plants on top of that. He says his way feeds the seed and saves litter. The other way feeds seeds but it also feeds the grass and weeds between the rows.

According to those process we've been selling on the cheap. We spread a truck load of cake litter on pastures within 5 to 6 miles for $55 to $60 a load. A load is between 6 and 7 tons