Topic: Chicken Pellets

[Teej]

Hi - sorry, feel a bit thick for asking this! :-[

Can chicken manure pellets be used on all veg or should I avoid some types?  Morrisons have tubs on offer at the moment for those that need some - just hope they have some left at weekend when I can afford it!

Thanks a lot.

[Twoflower]

i think so althought  they don't seem to use them on root veg on my site. Also watch out if you have a lot of foxes on site as they seem to like to roll and dig it up. :)

[Tee Gee]

I think there are better products on the market e.g Fish Blood & Bone.

Chicken pellets Nutrient Content is NPK 4.3 - 3.2 - 3.2 plus trace elements and magnesium.

Fish Blood & Bone; NPK: 5 -5 - 6.5.

i.e. FB & B has a high potash content CP has a low Potash content and high Nitrogen content so more suited to 'greens'

[Teej]

Don't have a lottie yet as not got the time so just make do with my garden for now.  Don't tend to have foxes locally but we do have 2 extremely naughty cats - I'm worried that FB&B will encourage them to dig/eat more of my veg than usual!
Will have a re-think - again!
Cheers for your advice - I'm finding everything really helpful. :)

[flossy]

   Hi Teej,  nice to meet you,

   Have used chicken pellets on the lottie, didn't notice any major damage --  If

   you've got foxes , you've got 'em !,     They will dig for the hang of it , a mouse

  spotted under a ' pea net '  is one of their greater sports  --  i'ts all part of lottie life,

  Go ahead with your pellrts --  its good stuff,     ;D

  floss xxx       

 

[Eristic]

Foxes don't dig for the chicken manure pellets but do make a terrible mess digging for bonemeal or fish, blood, bone products. They also just dig random holes all over the place, probably looking for worms.

[amphibian]

I saw a fox chomping on a slug... your enemy's enemy is your friend.

[Robert_Brenchley]

Foxes lead a pretty marginal existence, especially in winter, and eat everything that moves and is small enough to manage.

[tim_n]

but why-oh-why do they insist in burying eggs (with the lion mark on them) in my raised beds!  At least they're assured of british quality when they buy them in the supermarket I suppose...

I've been breaking them on my compost heap.

[Tee Gee]

why-oh-why do they insist in burying eggs

Strange you say that! They one that troubled us a few years ago used to bury 'golf balls' in my garden.

This s/he ;





and this is some of the damage s/he did;

[Eristic]

I see the fox and the fox sees me.

[Tee Gee]

They are a lovely animal aren't they Eristic? pity they do so much damage!

[Eristic]

They seem to have suddenly disappeared from my allotment site so I suspect they must have been poisoned. Sometimes when I stand still on the plot they would walk straight past me without noticing my presence.

I had them well trained to walk along the paths instead of shortcutting across the plot by planting hedge-type plants that are taller than fox head height. What they don't see they don't worry about and will always take an easy route.

[Twoflower]

I see the fox and the fox sees me.

What a lovely picture is that on your allotment? :)

[Eristic]

No. That was actually in my back garden early one morning. I'd been up all night trying to beat the deadline for an OU assignment and was chilling out before going to bed. I had the camera with me because I was trying to get some shots of solitary bees at the time.

[Twoflower]

No. That was actually in my back garden early one morning. I'd been up all night trying to beat the deadline for an OU assignment and was chilling out before going to bed. I had the camera with me because I was trying to get some shots of solitary bees at the time.

You have bees in the back garden as well? :)