George R.
900 posts
Jul 18, 2008
11:07 PM
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Has anyone used pigeon droppings for tree fertlizer ??
How does it work ? or don't work ???
Last Edited by on Dec 07, 2008 6:11 PM
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kopetsa
1196 posts
Jul 18, 2008
11:12 PM
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lol nice title haha.. not really but I shove it in my mom's garden.. lol and I will see how it works, this year being the first. I was at another bird guy's house and he put pigeon crap under the dirt and buried it couple inches below the dirt right before the previous winter. He said he had a 2 1/2 pound tomato once.. I am for sure not joking! His tomato plants are taller than his garage..
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Andrew
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washington86
433 posts
Jul 19, 2008
12:50 AM
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I don't know about contributing pigeon sh*t to fertilizer but my culture had use pigeon sh*t as medicine though but I don't know how it actually work. Pigeon sh*t gives me headaches.
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W.Cha
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gotspin7
1486 posts
Jul 19, 2008
4:04 AM
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yes, make sure you keep it watered...it is hot!
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Sal Ortiz
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bertie
395 posts
Jul 19, 2008
4:38 AM
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Seems like it would have lots of seed in it too unless you pick it all out first.
Bert
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Santandercol
2777 posts
Jul 19, 2008
6:23 AM
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Compost it first and the heat kills any seeds viability.Pigeon manure is one of the best for fertilizer,second to pig droppings.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
Last Edited by on Dec 07, 2008 6:12 PM
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RUDY..ZUPPPPP
1929 posts
Jul 19, 2008
6:37 AM
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I thought chicken poo...was first????
or is it alot of bull s@#%......lol
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RUDY PAYEN
PANCHO VILLA LOFT
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bertie
396 posts
Jul 19, 2008
7:57 AM
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Really I thing human is the number one out of any. But better watch it. I got turned in by a neighbor for going in the compost bin out back. ;-)
Bert
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Electric-man
1854 posts
Jul 19, 2008
9:08 AM
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Google "dovecoats"! Very interesting stories about pigeons and the importance of their poo!
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Val
"Site Moderator"
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Santandercol
GOLD MEMBER
3480 posts
Dec 07, 2008
6:07 PM
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Oh yeah,they used to post armed guards on the dovecotes in England to protect the squab and the manure from theives.Only for the rich folk that pigeon poop.The thing is to compost it as it is too hot to put directly on plants.I use those black round plastic composters and mix it with kitchen and garden waste,leaves,lawn clippings or even peat moss,sawdust,soil.It needs to be somewhat moist to be able to work/compost.Poke holes into it to let the air in.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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winwardrollers
59 posts
Dec 07, 2008
6:21 PM
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I work the pigeon droppings into the garden spring and fall after it has set in the sun and dried. The garden grows great... and so have the kids. lol
B winward
Last Edited by on Dec 07, 2008 6:23 PM
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Mayo
47 posts
Dec 08, 2008
12:19 AM
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I use all the Droppings from my Lofts in the Garden and have had the Biggest Tomatoes you ever seen......... 14 feet tall vines and 1 to 2 pound German Johnson Tomatoes,lol Mayo.....................P.S fly them for the roll, feed them for their poo!!!! lol
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spinningdemon
53 posts
Dec 08, 2008
5:52 AM
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Please make sure it is well composted. I had a friend use it with out composting it and it is to hot. ( High in nitrogen } it burned his plants. Also if it is composted no health concerns.
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David Curneal
Performance breeds since 1973
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Pumpkin Man
30 posts
Dec 08, 2008
6:01 AM
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Considering the price for fertilizer everyone should be using it. It used to be that you could get free chicken manure from the large-scale chicken farmers. Now they have found out they can sell the manureit, because it's cheaper than ammonia nitrate. Ammonia nitrate got up to about $600 a ton last year. I do organic farm inspections in Kentucky and since organic farmers are not permitted to use synthetic fertilizer most of them use chicken or other animal manure for fertilizer. To be organic it must be composted to specs and applied 90-120 prior to the harvest of the crop depending on whether the edible portion of the crop touches the soil. Alot of people I know say it really helps the tilth of the soil.
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Santandercol
GOLD MEMBER
3482 posts
Dec 08, 2008
6:22 AM
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Oh yeah,and don't go too heavy with it either.In one area of my garden last winter I had a pile of stalks and leaves and stuff composting along with the manure and then spread it out in that area in the spring and rototilled it in.I planted about 30 broccoli plants there and they grew huge but not one of 'em broccoled.Not one flower just these huge leafy plants.Too much nitrogen in the ground.
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Kel.
Rum-30 Lofts
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tomas'commerce,ca.
81 posts
Dec 09, 2008
1:47 AM
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Last Edited by on Dec 09, 2008 3:39 AM
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