peckham Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Last year I put chicken poo in a watering can plus lots of water and the beans just loved it... I would be interested to know which plants other people have fed chicken poo too and whether they had good or bad results... I have read that flowers dont like it... but am currently trying it on a potted grape vine and my sweet peas... Not sure if I am helping them or killing them Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peckham Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 Oh also trying it on the tomatoes.... has anyone else done this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 We put all ours in the compost to help activate it. You need to be careful putting fresh poo on plants as it can burn the roots, so best bet is to stick it in a lidded bucket and let it rot down for a bit if you don't have a compost heap to put it on. that said, the chooks were in my roses a lot over winter and they are HUGE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 I had forgotten about poo soup. How long do you leave it in the water before using it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peckham Posted June 12, 2006 Author Share Posted June 12, 2006 the other day - only 2 days, but now I will keep adding water (and occasionally more poo) so I suppose the poo ages.!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kannie Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I keep a big old plant saucer & trowel next to the run so that I can scoop out any bit, obvious poos when I attend to the chooks. The other week the rain topped it up, making INSTANT POO SOUP! I tipped the liquid onto some of my outdoor pot plants before tipping the solids into the compost heap, and the plants are looking great! It was very fresh but doesn't seem to have done any harm - I'll definately repeat this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Before I had the chooks, I bought some well rotted chicken poo form a farm for the garden. I found a sack of it the other week and emptied it into the wheelbarrow intending to put it on the garden - the rain we had just after that made excellent manure-soup and the plants loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 I think I feel a new international best-seller coming on... Chicken Poo Soup for the Soul... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 If Chicken Soup is Jewish penicillin. What is Chicken Poo soup in Christianity Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 No answer LJ (for once) I think you've got him there. Or maybe it's just past his bedtime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 If Chicken Soup is Jewish penicillin. What is Chicken Poo soup in Christianity Phil (he's out at a meeting - like he is most nights... ) ah - he's back!!! (I was - of course referring to the famous series of Chicken soup for the soul books that draw in the whole Jewish chicken soup thing - well spotted Lesley!) Chicken Poo Soup in Christianity would have to be one of those notorious things that is variously called.. pot-luck-supper bring-and-share meal jacob's join (a Burnley name - presumably referring to Jacob's blemished sheep!) where people bring a plate of food and it's all mixed together into a giant pile of crisps, cheese-scones, bits of quiche, chopped up baguette, big lumps of cheese, baby tomatoes, more crisps, cheese sandwiches, paste sandwiches, sandwiches of indeterminate content - complete with cat hairs, chocolate fingers - they always make an appearance! - fairy cakes, mr kiplings horrid cakes, and chopped up carrot and celery with a pack of four tescos dips..... (and so on) ... it's all so depressing!!!! - Phil's definition: Chicken Poo Soup in Christianity.. (NB - we have now been able to abandon these in my church because we have a chef in the congregation who loves to cater for church functions - he wears his proper hat and does fantastic buffet carvery's!! - the envy of churches for miles around!) Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley-Jean Posted June 28, 2006 Share Posted June 28, 2006 Yuck ..... Chicken poo Buffet Carvery sounds good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
