hyper36

Hi, Can anyone tell me if fresh rabbit poop would ok for my bananas, or would it be too much ?

natedogg1026

I would use it on mine. It is an excelent choice for fert. much better than horse or cow. I do know you DO NOT want to use it when it's fresh. It needs to be aged. Several months at least. Mix it with some dirt and let it be. It needs to cool down. It is very high in Nitrogen and will burn your plants if not done properly.

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D_&_T

Been mixing some in our compost pile.

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Richard

Composted rabbit manure is good. Horse manure is actually better for fruiting plants. Cow and steer manure are good for general soil conditioning.

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bencelest

Richard:
Are you talking about the steer manure that you buy at HomeDepot for 99 cents a bag? Are they safe to add to your newly transplanted plants as a conditioning for your soil? And if so what is the proportion between native soil and steer manure?
I have always not sure if what I am doing is right. There's always some doubt in my mind if adding it to the soil for new plants is OK.

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Richard

By soil conditioner I mean an ingredient used to improve the properties a soil before planting. For example, in preparing a vegetable bed in loamy soil, you could rototill 2 inches of cow or steer manure into the soil a week or so before planting. For clay soils, you would also need an additional 2 inches of 1/4 inch pumice, 2 inches of ground coir or hardwood, and a 13+ horsepower rear-tine rototiller to mechanically turn the soil and mix the amendments together.

A fertilizer usually refers to a nutrient applied before and especially during plant growth on the top of the soil. The N-P-K of composted steer manure is about 0.7-0.3-0.5. You can apply up to 3.5 cubic feet (26 U.S. gallons) per plant per year to a medium size banana or fruit tree. Composted cow manure is weaker and has a higher percentage of phosphorus, with an N-P-K of about 0.2-0.1-0.2. You can apply up to 8 cubic feet per tree per year of it -- that's 59 U.S. gallons!

For a bit more information, see The Scoop On Fertilizers

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bencelest

Wow! Richard, that's a lot to digest.
I learned a lot today.
I saved it for future use.
Thanks a million.

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