Topic: Vitax 6x natural fertiliser - any one tried it?

[Crystalmoon]

Hi everyone my husband went to get me some manure but came back with Vitax 6x 100% natural fibrous fertiliser instead. The bag says it is 6 to 8 times richer than farmyard manure & that you use handfuls instead of barrowloads. It is supposed to condition soil & feed plants with one application lasting a whole season. Sounds a bit too good to be true to me so I wondered if anybody here has had any experience with using it?

[BarriedaleNick]

It's just chicken poo - I guess no different to other chicken poo but it is heat treated to guarantee no pathogens.

[Crystalmoon]

Hi BarriedaleNick, I did have a look at the blurb on line about it & it does seem good that it definitely has no weeds/pathogens in it but I am surprised that this chicken poo is 6 times richer as a fertiliser than farmyard manure...or is all chicken poo that much richer than manure?

[laurieuk]

We used some several years ago, the main thing is the very very strong smell.

[Deb P]

I must be odd because I like the smell of it......

[pumkinlover]

We use groworganic on our site. It is the pelleted form and very popular. Works well.

[Duke Ellington]

I like the smell too😂. I used it during the first two years of my allotment when I had no home made compost or a source of manure. I felt it was good stuff but how do you really know unless you carry out a like for like trial. What I do know is it's easy to transport,clean to use, a little goes a long way. We stopped using it when we were able to use manure from sourced from a friends horses. I would use it again if I had to.

duke

[Crystalmoon]

Thanks everyone for your replies I now look forward to using it even if I may need to hold my nose lol 

[Vinlander]

Chicken pellets shouldn't smell if they've been kept dry, but if their cover is a bit rudimentary (at the shop or your own storage) then horizontal drizzle will get in and you will get manure smells or sometimes just ammonia.

Cheers.