Will rabbit poop burn tomatoes? - Page 2

tuk50 · May 21, 2011

I'm sure the diet makes a lot of difference, but stay with the rabbit.. the goat manure can really get rank... my kids carried two goats in the back of my pickup and that was 2 months ago and it still smells.. whew!

stormymater · May 21, 2011

rabbit poop it has been - stirred (not shaken - sorry 007) with a healthy pop of pelleted lime & native sour sand - the initial plants put in last week with this combo are setting fruit already!

Interesting that rabbit poop has more nitrogen than chicken - I thought that is was "burned" plants. Dunno but the plants with rabbit poop seems quite enchante with it - thanks for all the advice!

The goat poop offer stands - but it has to be chipped out with a pickaxe from the barn floor where it is dry & aged & compacted from 4 years ago - the rabbit poop is right next to my uber garden & so easy to shovel up & wheel barrow over - so lazy me, I'm sticking with what works!

Rainforest Tom · May 24, 2011

I Use cow manure and sometimes sheep, as long as you mix it in the soil and let a few rains hit it before you plant, the seedlings seem to do well here for me but it is also very hot here all year long.

tuk50 · May 24, 2011

Yeah! I was also surprised by the turkey manure being so low in nitrogen..??? don't really understand unless diet really changes things....

stormymater, I'm not familiar with the term "sour sand" what is that stuff? thanks.

satya · July 26, 2012

Great thread, thanks. The general consensus seems to be that rabbit pellets won't burn plants even if used fresh, however, I found this page that says it will burn plants if not composted first... so, just wondered what anyone's take on this would be? There's a chart near the bottom of the page:

http://www.grow-it-organically.com/npk-fertilizer.html

Thanks

tuk50 · July 27, 2012

My kids had rabbits next to the garden and I just shoveled it between the rows of my tomato plants and had no problem... it was spread fairly thin each time all summer .. it just composted into the soil with each rain ..

meadowyck · July 27, 2012

I've also had excellent results from goat manure. I use to make bottles up with the "berries" in it with water and sell as indoor fertizers. Even though I had this was NOT for human consumption, I called it Nanny berry fert juice. I had to quit because people would come up and want to drink i..... so didn't want to get sued because people can't take the time to read. Excellent fertilizer in my book, as it comes in handy pellets.... easy to spread around...LOL

May 21, 2011	#16
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	I'm sure the diet makes a lot of difference, but stay with the rabbit.. the goat manure can really get rank... my kids carried two goats in the back of my pickup and that was 2 months ago and it still smells.. whew! __________________ Hangin on for dear life!

May 24, 2011	#19
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	Yeah! I was also surprised by the turkey manure being so low in nitrogen..??? don't really understand unless diet really changes things.... stormymater, I'm not familiar with the term "sour sand" what is that stuff? thanks. __________________ Hangin on for dear life!

July 26, 2012	#20
satya Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Tucson, AZ, USA Posts: 12	Rabbit manuer Great thread, thanks. The general consensus seems to be that rabbit pellets won't burn plants even if used fresh, however, I found this page that says it will burn plants if not composted first... so, just wondered what anyone's take on this would be? There's a chart near the bottom of the page: http://www.grow-it-organically.com/npk-fertilizer.html Thanks

July 27, 2012	#21
tuk50 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Tucson, Arizona (catalina) Posts: 413	My kids had rabbits next to the garden and I just shoveled it between the rows of my tomato plants and had no problem... it was spread fairly thin each time all summer .. it just composted into the soil with each rain .. __________________ Hangin on for dear life!

July 27, 2012	#22
meadowyck Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2012 Location: Brooksville, FL Posts: 1,001	I've also had excellent results from goat manure. I use to make bottles up with the "berries" in it with water and sell as indoor fertizers. Even though I had this was NOT for human consumption, I called it Nanny berry fert juice. I had to quit because people would come up and want to drink i..... so didn't want to get sued because people can't take the time to read. Excellent fertilizer in my book, as it comes in handy pellets.... easy to spread around...LOL __________________ Jan “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt

May 21, 2011	#17
stormymater Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pleasure Island, NC 8a Posts: 1,162	rabbit poop it has been - stirred (not shaken - sorry 007) with a healthy pop of pelleted lime & native sour sand - the initial plants put in last week with this combo are setting fruit already! Interesting that rabbit poop has more nitrogen than chicken - I thought that is was "burned" plants. Dunno but the plants with rabbit poop seems quite enchante with it - thanks for all the advice! The goat poop offer stands - but it has to be chipped out with a pickaxe from the barn floor where it is dry & aged & compacted from 4 years ago - the rabbit poop is right next to my uber garden & so easy to shovel up & wheel barrow over - so lazy me, I'm sticking with what works!

May 24, 2011	#18
Rainforest Tom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Amazon Posts: 61	I Use cow manure and sometimes sheep, as long as you mix it in the soil and let a few rains hit it before you plant, the seedlings seem to do well here for me but it is also very hot here all year long.