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RSJK

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Chicken manure pellets
« on: March 12, 2011, 21:43:07 »
2 large buckets for a fiver in morrisons today .
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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 21:48:40 »
What quantity bucket? RSJK?

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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 22:02:35 »
unless its heat treated don't bother, the weeds from it are horrendous.

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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2011, 10:20:35 »
unless its heat treated don't bother, the weeds from it are horrendous.

Never heard of this problembefor- is it just Morrisons brand?

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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2011, 10:29:01 »
No it's all, 6x are the only one i have found to be heat treated..

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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2011, 11:09:44 »
Strange - been using all sorts of chicken pellets for years and never noticed an issue with weeds..
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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2011, 11:10:52 »
Strange - been using all sorts of chicken pellets for years and never noticed an issue with weeds..
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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2011, 12:03:49 »
Is it April the 1st already, doesn't time fly.  :-\
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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2011, 12:02:00 »
I swear by the stuff although I must use too much as one of the old timers said I had gone overboard.

Just be generous nature  ;)



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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2011, 05:08:16 »
I have used Chicken Pellets for 8 yrs and never had a weed problem

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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2011, 07:34:25 »
unless its heat treated don't bother, the weeds from it are horrendous.

Chickweed? ;)
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Re: Chicken manure pellets
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2011, 07:52:33 »
We use Morrisons chicken manure pellets, and they're fine.  They are big buckets, so 2 for a fiver sounds like a bargain.

 

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