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Weed wiper for broomsedge
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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1645647" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>Where are you located? Here litter is about $30/load (16 foot spreader truck) if you remove it from the house and about $120/load if you purchase it spread on your pasture and about $500 for a tractor trailer load dumped on your property. I prefer litter to commercial fertilizer. Grass seems to respond better to litter and the litter seems to last longer. Seems to me that commercial fertilizer does not get the response that it did 30 years ago. Especially the nitrogen with ammonium nitrate no longer available. Some of the nutrients in litter are naturally slow (extended) release.</p><p></p><p>The K component of the litter will be the lowest. You will build high levels of P in your soil by using litter. Soil test will eventually show extremely high P levels. Seems like you will never need lime if you use litter. Litter quality varies depending on the feed fed to the chickens as well as whether the litter comes directly from the house or if it has been stored in a pile. Litter will raise the organic level.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1645647, member: 40418"] Where are you located? Here litter is about $30/load (16 foot spreader truck) if you remove it from the house and about $120/load if you purchase it spread on your pasture and about $500 for a tractor trailer load dumped on your property. I prefer litter to commercial fertilizer. Grass seems to respond better to litter and the litter seems to last longer. Seems to me that commercial fertilizer does not get the response that it did 30 years ago. Especially the nitrogen with ammonium nitrate no longer available. Some of the nutrients in litter are naturally slow (extended) release. The K component of the litter will be the lowest. You will build high levels of P in your soil by using litter. Soil test will eventually show extremely high P levels. Seems like you will never need lime if you use litter. Litter quality varies depending on the feed fed to the chickens as well as whether the litter comes directly from the house or if it has been stored in a pile. Litter will raise the organic level. [/QUOTE]
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