What kind of manure to choose for vegetables?

The quality of manure depends on many factors: the species of animals, the method and time the manure is stored, and also the type of bedding and its quantity. What manure to choose for vegetables? Find out which fertilizer will be best for crops in your garden.

The basic chemical elements in manure are nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. It also contains such micronutrients as copper, magnesium, boron, sulfur, iron and calcium. In addition, microorganisms and bacteria are present in manure, which restore and enrich the soil microflora. All this has a directly affect the way vegetables grow on the plot. This is why it is really worth using natural fertilizers.

What kind of manure to choose for vegetables?

Cattle manure

Works especially well on sandy soils, from which rains easily flush out nutrients. Cattle manure will have a beneficial effect on retention of water and macro- and microelements in the soil. Cattle manure contains mainly nitrogen, phosphorus and magnesium, but the concentration of these elements is in it less than in pig manure or chicken manure. Manure cattle manure has an alkaline reaction (7.5 pH), so it deacidifies the soil.

Which vegetables to fertilize with cattle manure? Cattle manure will benefit the cultivation of kohlrabi, rutabaga, kale, cabbage, asparagus and peas. It can also be used to fertilize ornamental plants and lawns.

Horse manure

Its use is recommended on wet, heavy and clay soils. Well It will also perform well on light soils. Horse manure quickly heats the soil and loosens the soil. This type of manure is the least rich in sodium, but, like like pig manure, it contains a lot of nitrogen.

What vegetables to fertilize with horse manure? Horse manure will be good for growing peas, beets, celery, potatoes, leeks and carrots. It can also be used in seedlings.

Pig manure

It is best used on sandy soils that heat up quickly. Pig manure is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. Manure from pigs contains the the most potassium. Little in it for calcium.

What vegetables to fertilize with pig manure? Such fertilizer is most beneficial to fertilize the soil for onions, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach and beets.

Chicken manure

Chicken manure has the highest concentration of nutrients, Therefore, it should be applied carefully. If you do not dilute it, the soil will be very saline: plants will rise late and there will be problems with their proper growth.

It needs to be diluted before application because of the large amount of nitrogen, mainly in the form of uric acid, which breaks down to ammonia. Chicken manure contains more than three times as much of it as pig or cattle manure, so it It should be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10.Otherwise, it can lead to over-fertilization of vegetables in the garden.

Therefore, it is best to use it as an additive to other fertilizers or to place it in the pile so that it supplements the nutrients of the compost material during the composting process.

Chicken manure or its addition in compost can help you deacidify the soil, because its pH is about 7.5 (it is alkaline). This natural fertilizer contains also a lot of important micronutrients: most boron and molybdenum.

Which vegetables to fertilize with chicken manure? Chicken manure We use under vegetables with high nutritional requirements and long growing season vegetation period, such as potatoes, corn or tomatoes.

Application of manure

How to apply manure under vegetables?

It is important to remember that we can not use fresh manure under vegetables, because it It gives off ammonia. It is toxic to them and can cause burning of the plants. The bacteria that break down manure into substances that are digestible for vegetables, need a large dose of nitrogen, so they will compete for it with the plants planted in the bed.

Use only well-composted manure, in which there should be no There should no longer be any parasites. We can also choose a dried, granular and odorless version of this fertilizer.

Nitrogen utilization in the first year after fertilization is not high and amounts to 20-40%, with in turn, in the second and third years, plants take up a further 35-40%. Phosphorus uptake by vegetables in the first year is also 20-25%. In subsequent years, phosphorus utilization from the soil is up to 70%.

To minimize nitrogen loss from manure, it should be spread in the garden on windless and cloudy days, and after spreading, convince the soil preferably at a depth of about 10 cm.

When to apply manure under vegetables?

According to the law in force in Poland, we can use natural fertilizers from 1 March to 30 November. Here you can download the text of the Act of July 10, 2007 on fertilizers and fertilization. Click.

Manure is best applied in the fall, because then the nutrients of the fertilizer will have time to decompose into substances assimilable by plants. Depending on the fertilizer requirements of individual vegetable species, after fertilizing with manure should wait with cultivation for at least one, two or even three years.

For example:

• in the first year after manure we sow: cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, leeks, zucchini and broccoli;
• in the second year after manure, it is worth sowing: peas, beans, garlic, carrots, radishes and celery;
• in the third year after manure sow: broad beans, beans, peas, carrots, parsley, lamb's lettuce.

Important: If your soil is sandy, light and does not have much humus in it, you should not fertilize it with manure in the fall. Why? Rain and ground water will cause water-soluble substances not to be absorbed into the soil and the treatment will not have the desired effect.

What can be done to make manure fertilization more efficient?

BioGarden will allow you to use the valuable properties of manure even more efficiently. Why? This natural soil preparation prevents the accumulation of harmful nitrogen compounds in the soil. harmful nitrogen compounds. In addition, it accelerates the decomposition of organic components contained in manure.

Thanks to Biogarden, you will avoid the risk of parasites in your manure. Our preparation removes pathogenic organisms from the soil.

Moreover, Biogarden will increase the concentration of natural phosphorus in the soil, which is necessary for the proper growth of vegetables. And you can achieve all this in a natural way, thanks to soil preparations.

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