Q. I’ve heard you talk about the benefits of horse manure.What is your opinion of using chicken instead of horse manure? I was told recently chicken is stronger than horse.
A. Chicken manure is superior to horse manure but needs longer aging and less is applied. Well-aged chicken manure makes an excellent vegetable fertilizer, especially since it contains more phosphorus and potassium as well as nitrogen, than does horse manure.
Though dried, bagged chicken manure used to be readily available, today It is difficult to find chicken manure in some areas. Dried bagged chicken manure is already aged and can be applied directly to the garden. I recommend it in my book especially for fertilizing lawns but one must take the same precautions with it as one does with commercial fertilizers in order not to burn the lawn.
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