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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 644572" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Chicken litter can be a good source of nutrients. You need to have an analysis on the litter and then sit down and do a comparison to commercial fertilizer to determine which is the best option.</p><p></p><p>If you are not going to put 2 tons per acre of litter out you might as well not use any. I know that is a lot but not all of the nutrients are available the first year and you also lose some to volatilization. You actually get a little nitrogen the second year but it is not much. Main problem with litter is that continued use can build up an excess of phosphorus. It can add a little organic matter to sandy soils and it does not make your soils more acidic like commercial fertilizers tend to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 644572, member: 67"] Chicken litter can be a good source of nutrients. You need to have an analysis on the litter and then sit down and do a comparison to commercial fertilizer to determine which is the best option. If you are not going to put 2 tons per acre of litter out you might as well not use any. I know that is a lot but not all of the nutrients are available the first year and you also lose some to volatilization. You actually get a little nitrogen the second year but it is not much. Main problem with litter is that continued use can build up an excess of phosphorus. It can add a little organic matter to sandy soils and it does not make your soils more acidic like commercial fertilizers tend to do. [/QUOTE]
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