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?.
Nothing at all, it's brilliant.
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!
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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.
Dont pigeons have some horrible disease that humans can catch from their poo? Or would the composting neutralise it?
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.