Chicken Pellets

Hi

Has anyone used ckicken pellets you buy them in a tub if anyone has used are they any good

 

Brilliant. You can use them in pellet form or add them to a container of water and use them as a liquid feed. I tend to have a bucket (with lid) on the go most of the summer with a concentrated pellet water mix. I just add a cup of the liquid to a can and top up with fresh water...easy.

 

How many pellets(roughly) to a ,say,5 ltr bucket of water? Never tried using them as a liquid feed.

 

Not an exact science really. I usually put a couple of handfuls in a bucket and keep topping it up. leave it over night though to break down.

 

Very effective as a fertilizer, especially in gardens were ordinary manure is not practical, I tend to lightly fork them in to the soil rather than as a top dressing.

 

Haven't tried chicken pellets, sounds like they are worth a try.

Where do you get them - any garden centre?

Also read :"Chicken manure pellets deter cats from using your flowerbeds and also feed your plants. Sprinkle a few around and water them. Repeat every two weeks or so"

 

Most reasonable sized GC's do them in 5kg buckets IIRC. B&Q do them really cheap but I like the Rooster brand best.

 

Thanks BM - will take o/h to garden centre
when it stops snowing
:D

 

http://www.rooster.uk.com/

 

I have used chicken pellets for ages as they are cheap/cheerful, just remember it is very nitrogenous makes for sappy growth if used on its own.

 

A very useful web site Banana man :D

 

Foxes like to dig about in the ground once they are applied, as they do with bonemeal.
But I've used them for a few years now, seem to work.

 

its also good to mix them with your compost

 

Found Westland Organic Chicken Pellets
�£3.99 for 10 kg bucket at a wholesalers
near here.

Bargain?