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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 672056" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>If you are interested in buying a pretty good book you might want to pick up the Encylopedia of Organic Gardening. It has a lot of useful information in it. Fresh cow manure has this makeup 0.29,1.50,1.25. Based on this it would appear that it won't do much good but as mentioned it does more to the soil than just adding nutrients. What they say is it 1. improves tilth and structure 2. improves water holding capacity 3. aids in nitrogen fixation 4. makes nutrients available to plants. So in all, it does a lot more than just add 3 nutrients like commercial fertilizer does.</p><p></p><p>I did a little experiment last year in a dry garden. I put a bunch of manure in it and though we were in a terrible drought the soil stayed relatively moist and I made a bumper crop so I think ammending the structure of the soil through the enhancement of the microbes, water holding capacity and the aeration is one of the biggest bonuses from using manure.</p><p></p><p>Here are a few more breakdowns of things</p><p></p><p>Horse manure .44,.17,.35</p><p>chicken litter 2,1.88,1.85</p><p>rabbit manure 2.4, .62,.05</p><p>cornstalks .75,.40,.90</p><p>pig manure .6, .41, .13</p><p>alfalfa hay 2.45, .50, 2.10</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 672056, member: 4362"] If you are interested in buying a pretty good book you might want to pick up the Encylopedia of Organic Gardening. It has a lot of useful information in it. Fresh cow manure has this makeup 0.29,1.50,1.25. Based on this it would appear that it won't do much good but as mentioned it does more to the soil than just adding nutrients. What they say is it 1. improves tilth and structure 2. improves water holding capacity 3. aids in nitrogen fixation 4. makes nutrients available to plants. So in all, it does a lot more than just add 3 nutrients like commercial fertilizer does. I did a little experiment last year in a dry garden. I put a bunch of manure in it and though we were in a terrible drought the soil stayed relatively moist and I made a bumper crop so I think ammending the structure of the soil through the enhancement of the microbes, water holding capacity and the aeration is one of the biggest bonuses from using manure. Here are a few more breakdowns of things Horse manure .44,.17,.35 chicken litter 2,1.88,1.85 rabbit manure 2.4, .62,.05 cornstalks .75,.40,.90 pig manure .6, .41, .13 alfalfa hay 2.45, .50, 2.10 [/QUOTE]
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