[Greenbuilding] fertilizer from human waste

[Frank Tettemer]

Total ditto to what Sacie said.  And ditto to what Corwyn said.

Chicken manure has one of the highest counts of Nitrogen, compared to 
horse, cow, or pig manure.
And when rating the content of elements in a fertilizer, Nitrogen is the 
first number rating of the three, i.e., 7-9-7.
Nitrogen is the element which plants need most for rapid grown and the 
development of greens, such as in lettuce, broccoli, bok choy, 
asparagus, spinach, as well as the thirsty/hungry growth of sweet corn. 
It is also the most vitally needed and active element in the process of 
composting. A pile without Nitrogen just doesn't decompose very well.  
Building compost is an art, as well as a science. Humanure and chicken 
manure definitely has it's place in this art form.

And as anyone knows who has tried to purchase high Nitrogen content 
plant food, Nitrogen is the most expensive of the fertilizers to produce 
and purchase.
Like Sacie, I would love to add chicken manure to my compost piles. Yes, 
stinky smelly chicken shit is the best!

Frank

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Sacie Lambert wrote:

Honest to Pete Benjamin, your friend doesn't know what he's talking 
about.  Chicken manure is one of the best kinds of manure to put on a 
garden, vegetable or flower.  No manure smells like anything other than 
good compost once it is properly composted.  (You never put any type of 
fresh manure on a garden btw; maybe that's what your friend is doing).  
Google 'chicken manure' for all sorts of info on the subject.

I would love to get a load of it for my gardens.

Sacie

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Corwyn wrote:

If your vegetables taste like chicken shit smells, you are IMHO doing 
something _really_ wrong.

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Benjamin Pratt 
<benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com <mailto:benjamin.g.pratt at gmail.com>> wrote:


I do have a question. My friend, who is an organic farmer, said he
won't use chicken shit because it makes the vegetables taste bad. Is
this possible?  If it is, it would make more sense to make fertilizer
more smell-free.

-Ben

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