Pigeon dung.

[Rixy]

Can i use pigeon dung as a fertilizer?  My plot neighbour has a a pigeon loft and has offered me some dung, I don't want to put it straight onto any of my beds but would like to add it to the compost bin, anything wrong/detrimental in doing this?.

[Rixy]

[OllieC]

Nothing at all, it's brilliant.

[katynewbie]

From bitter experience, great on the compost heap, but not great used as a soil improver like normal manure. I did this some time ago and the seed in it grew all over the place!

::) :-\

[OllieC]

The stuff my dad uses is probably a year or 2 old, and has been well washed during it's time sitting in the large gutters we have, allowing the seeds to rot.

[lewic]

Dont pigeons have some horrible disease that humans can catch from their poo? Or would the composting neutralise it?

[Tee Gee]

Don't put it on anything until it is well weathered.

Like all bird dropping it can be high in lime (calcium) and burn your plants.

Sticking it in a string/hessian bag and submerging it in a water barrel makes for a good liquid fertiliser.

The colour should be the colour  of weak tea when you use it, if it is darker add some fresh water to dilute it.