How to use chicken manure to feed a tomato
Many fertilizers are used for tomatoes. Their use during planting and growth is very important for this crop. The effectiveness of the growing process depends on it. Chicken manure for feeding tomatoes is one of the most effective organic remedies. Therefore, many gardeners choose it.
Chicken droppings for feeding tomatoes
Benefits of chicken manure
Among the advantages of this tool are:
Availability
Most gardeners have this top dressing available. After all, almost every farmer has chickens, they are also bred in their dachas. Therefore, fertilizer is generally readily available and free.
Utility
Chicken droppings have a valuable composition. The main nutrients are nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. Their concentration in droppings is three times higher than that of other organic substances. For example, in cow dung. In addition, it is worth noting such components as boron, zinc, copper, cobalt.
Feeding with chicken droppings contributes to the rapid growth of the green mass of the tomato, the formation of large ovaries, and healthy fruiting. Auxin bioactive components provide good growth.
Regulates soil acidity, restores microflora.
Organic
If the use of chemicals is unacceptable for the gardener, chicken excrement may well replace them. When used, they hardly sacrifice complex mineral preparations.
Long term
The soil, which has been fertilized with bird droppings, will contain useful substances for up to two years. After all, they are slowly released from this fertilizer. Therefore, next year it can not be used, and the soil will still be fertile.
Efficiency
After applying top dressing, its effect will be noticeable in 1-2 weeks.
Versatility
This product can be used to fertilize not only tomatoes, but also various types of plants.
When to fertilize
Before planting in the ground, plants can be fed
Feeding tomatoes with chicken droppings is done before planting and during the growing season.
Seedlings are planted in prepared soil. This can be started in the fall after harvest. And you can fertilize and in the spring about two weeks before planting. In this case, dry dressing is used.
For feeding tomatoes during growth and fruiting, liquid fertilizers are used. They are used 2-3 times per season. The first time is three weeks after planting the seedlings, when they are already getting stronger. The second time - a month later. You can feed it a third time if the plants need it. Indeed, under unfavorable conditions, tomatoes can develop poorly. And the waste product of chickens will be very useful to them during this period.
Precautions
You need to be careful and observe the behavior of tomato bushes.If the use of chicken manure led to the fact that the tomatoes began to grow too much green mass (leaves and stems became thicker), it is worth stopping it. Otherwise, it will not bring benefits - the harvest will not be plentiful. And the next portion of the product can be applied after 10 days, but not with mineral preparations. To establish the correct metabolism, you can use ash infusion.
How to fertilize
Funds are applied in different ways - in the form of dry and liquid fertilizers.
Dry dressing
If you want to fertilize the soil in the fall, you can use dry chicken manure. It is necessary to slightly moisten it, distribute it evenly over the bed and level it. 5 sq.m. take 3-5 kg. Experienced gardeners recommend adding more sand or wood ash. The garden bed is left in this form until the spring digging.
To saturate the soil with useful substances, bird manure is scattered over the garden in the spring. After that, the soil is dug up, introducing top dressing into the depths. Use dry compost or granulated chicken manure.
To make compost, chicken manure is placed on a litter with the remains of garden plants, leaves and grass. Due to the fact that methane is released from bird excrement, the temperature of the heap will be high and the processing process in it will take place very quickly. It is necessary to lay a heap in the fall. Then, until spring, urea will come out of it, since the ammonia will evaporate. For 1 sq.m. take 3.5 kg of such a product.
You can alternate compost layers with horse manure, then the pile will not dry out for a long time. The fertilizer will mature in 1.5 months, if it is not strongly compacted. Otherwise, it will take about 6 months.
Granular droppings
Fertilizer in the form of granules has many advantages
Not all gardeners have droppings of these feathered houses. But it can be purchased as dry granules. This tool has some advantages, namely:
- there is no unpleasant smell;
- does not contain weed seeds;
- there are no helminth eggs;
- nitrogen is not lost during storage;
- take up little space (swell when in contact with liquid);
- contribute to an increase in the yield by 2 times;
- in dry weather, they give moisture to the soil;
- long shelf life;
- suitable for all plants.
The granules are introduced into the soil dry (100-300 g per 1 sq. M.) Or soaked in water. Spread them over the soil, and then sprinkle them lightly. In the future, care must be taken that neither seeds nor seedlings come into contact with the fertilizing.
This fertilizer is also suitable during the growing season of the plant.
Liquid top dressing
Manure fertilizers can be prepared by fermentation, infusion and soaking.
Recently, they began to sell special substances that accelerate the fermentation processes. They became available to an ordinary person, because before that this method was used only by large poultry farms. Therefore, the process of preparing feed from chicken droppings has been greatly simplified. Its essence lies in the fact that pallets are placed under the cages with birds. They collect excrement, which is periodically sprinkled with sawdust treated with a fermentation accelerator. The resulting mixture is piled up until its height is 1-1.5 m. Then it is poured with an accelerator again and left in the fresh air. In summer, the mash is kept for a month, and in winter - up to two. The dried top dressing can then be applied immediately.
To prepare the infusion, rotted droppings in an amount of 0.5 kg are poured into 10 liters of water and left for 2-3 days. Its color should have a shade of lightly saturated tea. If darker, then dilute to the desired color. This product is easy to prepare. It is watered between the rows. The effect of feeding will be noticeable within a few days.
One way to get rid of urea in poultry manure is to soak it. The excrement is poured with water, after two days it is drained. Then poured fresh. The procedure is repeated several times. The product becomes less concentrated and the toxins disappear.
For one plant, the consumption rate is 0.5 liters of liquid.
Some features
The solution should be applied after rain or watering the tomatoes in such a way that it does not fall on the leaves. If a certain amount does get in, rinse it off.
- After feeding, you need to let the soil dry and then loosen it.
- Fresh chicken manure cannot be used, so as not to damage the roots of plants.
Conclusion
Fertilizers prepared on the basis of the product of the vital activity of chickens are noted for their high value, which was noted by many gardeners. After all, this readily available remedy is of great benefit when growing tomatoes. As a result of its use, tomatoes form large and tasty fruits. This goal is set by gardeners.