Growing with manures

[jacobsmith11]

Hi guys, a mate of mine gave me a couple weed plants to try and grow. they're about a month old and pretty small but i'm going to grow them anyway. I have never grown outdoors before, my plan is to get some big 75L pots and fill them with manure, potting soil and some perlite.

I have access to composted cow, chicken and sheep manure. 

I was wondering, what kind of ratio's should I use? I was thinking 50/50 with the soil and cow manure and then add some chicken and sheep manure and perlite. I don't know how much chicken and sheep manure to add? 

Any suggestions or things I could do better? (I can't get any composted horse manure)

Thanks!!!

[LoveBud80]

Mate I've just been burned with this and 50/50mix is way too hot. The advice I was given is 1/3soil 1/3manure 1/3aeration. I don't use perlite but scoria instead.

There are some good posts here about growing with soil. Good luck

 

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[ZEN2U]

Try this, I hope all manures are very well composted with all heat terminated that is generated by the decomposition process.

 

20% cow, 7.5% sheep, 7.5% chicken, 10% perlite, 55% soil(soil should be a sandy loam, not a clay loam), add a garden spade or post hole shovel of Dolomite. Mix all thoroughly, chicken and sheep are a lot stronger than cow. Lay a 30-50mm deep layer of 20mm aggregate in the base of the pot. Top dress with scrap compost and cover with mulch to 50mm thickness.

 

If you want the whole grow to be organic use an unfortified seaweed for foliar and root supplemental feeds. Only root supplemental feeds when plants are budding.

[jacobsmith11]

Mate I've just been burned with this and 50/50mix is way too hot. The advice I was given is 1/3soil 1/3manure 1/3aeration. I don't use perlite but scoria instead.

There are some good posts here about growing with soil. Good luck

 

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Was your manure composted? 

[jacobsmith11]

Try this, I hope all manures are very well composted with all heat terminated that is generated by the decomposition process.

 

20% cow, 7.5% sheep, 7.5% chicken, 10% perlite, 55% soil(soil should be a sandy loam, not a clay loam), add a garden spade or post hole shovel of Dolomite. Mix all thoroughly, chicken and sheep are a lot stronger than cow. Lay a 30-50mm deep layer of 20mm aggregate in the base of the pot. Top dress with scrap compost and cover with mulch to 50mm thickness.

 

If you want the whole grow to be organic use an unfortified seaweed for foliar and root supplemental feeds. Only root supplemental feeds when plants are budding.

thanks man

[jacobsmith11]

Try this, I hope all manures are very well composted with all heat terminated that is generated by the decomposition process.

 

20% cow, 7.5% sheep, 7.5% chicken, 10% perlite, 55% soil(soil should be a sandy loam, not a clay loam), add a garden spade or post hole shovel of Dolomite. Mix all thoroughly, chicken and sheep are a lot stronger than cow. Lay a 30-50mm deep layer of 20mm aggregate in the base of the pot. Top dress with scrap compost and cover with mulch to 50mm thickness.

 

If you want the whole grow to be organic use an unfortified seaweed for foliar and root supplemental feeds. Only root supplemental feeds when plants are budding.

 

 

sorry to quote again, but this is the potting mix im going to use https://www.scottsaustralia.com.au/scotts-brands/pure-organic/pure-organic-potting-mix/pure-organic-premium-potting-planting-mix/

 

maybe 35l of cow manure to 100l of that potting mix with some perlite

it says it has chicken manure, blood and bone, fish meal and bio stimulants in it

[Carbcon]

I'd be playing it safe and using a weaker base.

 

Their seedling and cutting mix is nice, with lighter again fertilizer.

[ZEN2U]

Up to you whatever you use, I personally still wouldn't push the cow to 32-35%.

 

You can try the mix as you posted, the worst you can do is kill your plants, then you know you have gone overboard. On the other hand they may thrive and you have hit a home run.

 

The only way is to try the mix and learn in the process. No one is a born grower, it is a lot of trial and error, converted to experience. If you make a mistake, own it and learn from it, try never to repeat the same mistakes. I've been growing for over 40yrs and still make some mistakes, it is inevitable, no one is perfect. The trick is to identify your mistakes quickly and correct them if can be corrected.

 

Good luck whichever way you go in your grow.

[jacobsmith11]

Up to you whatever you use, I personally still wouldn't push the cow to 32-35%.

 

You can try the mix as you posted, the worst you can do is kill your plants, then you know you have gone overboard. On the other hand they may thrive and you have hit a home run.

 

The only way is to try the mix and learn in the process. No one is a born grower, it is a lot of trial and error, converted to experience. If you make a mistake, own it and learn from it, try never to repeat the same mistakes. I've been growing for over 40yrs and still make some mistakes, it is inevitable, no one is perfect. The trick is to identify your mistakes quickly and correct them if can be corrected.

 

Good luck whichever way you go in your grow.

 

I ended up mixing 100L of scotts potting mix with 25L of composted cow manure and 10L of perlite. I also plan on feeding EWC tea and later on down the line (if they dont die in the next couple days) if they need a dose of nitrogen I think i'll just take off some sugar cane mulch and add some composted chicken manure. 

 

I noticed that one of the plants has an ant infestation. is there any cures to this?