As the centuries-old agricultural experience shows, the excrement of farm animals is an excellent fertilizer for garden crops. The fact is that the dung contains a lot of substances vital to plants. These include potassium and calcium, nitrogen and phosphorus, magnesium and iron. Also in the manure contains an active microflora, so this natural fertilizer is so useful for the soil of any infield area. However, it should be done correctly. Let's find out how to use manure to fertilize the soil.
Types of manure
Manure can be different in terms of the degree of decomposition, and depending on the type of animal from which it was obtained.
In the first case, these kinds of manure are distinguished:
- fresh - it is used as a fertilizer in autumn, when the dug ground is prepared for the next season. Also, fresh manure can be laid in warm beds, but at the same time it must be covered with a good layer of soil, sawdust and organic so that the roots of plants do not "burn";
- Semisubstituted manure is more often used for fertilizing plants in the form of an aqueous solution (1 kg of such manure per 10 liters of water). Liquid manure from manure like cabbage, pumpkin , cucumber, zucchini, spinach;
- well reparted manure is already less concentrated, so its dosage for liquid fertilizing of plants is doubled. In addition, it is good to make soil mixtures for seedlings from such manure;
- humus - the best kind of fertilizer for any crops. Completely rotted manure improves the taste of vegetables grown on it and is used both for addition to soil and for mulching.
As for the second type of classification, the best manure is considered horse. It quickly decomposes, giving off a lot of heat, and is suitable for enriching the soil mixture in greenhouses and greenhouses.
Cow manure as a fertilizer is the second most efficient. It warms the soil worse, but it lasts longer. Usually, wood sawdust is added to this fertilizer.
Pig manure is used as a fertilizer most often in conjunction with horse, because in itself the excrement of pigs decomposes for a very long time, without creating
How to make manure from manure?
To turn fresh manure into a quality natural fertilizer for your garden, it should be laid in a special wooden box. In this case, the layers of manure are poured by moss peat, which absorbs the released liquid well, or phosphorite flour.
The natural processing of manure in the fertilizer occurs within 4-6 months, resulting in a well-blended mixture. For reception of humus it will be necessary to wait 1-2 years.