i made a mix a couple months ago consisting of mainly steer manure and chicken manure. other ingredients included perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss. someone on RIU once told me this is a 'hot' mix. i think what they were talking about is....that it is hard on the plants because the soil warms up. can anyone clarify this? i am having plant problems with two different strains. not sure if it is soil related or something else. would this mix be high in nutrients? i have fed a couple times? possibly i am over fertilizing. what do you think?

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"hot" means that the substance in question is super-abundantly rich in nutrients (most commonly N, in your case particularly from the chicken manure at 1.1-.8-.5) to the point where it is likely to burn your plants which, from your pic, it looks as though is beginning to happen.


an all water diet until new growth shows no continued signs of burn might help here...

if it gets really bad then you'll probably want to flush and/or transplant.

ohsogreen gives a great breakdown of various manure n-p-k values here ==> http://www.rollitup.org/1108755-post3.html

cheers and good luck!
-g

aye

too many nutes in there.

chicken and steer manure both need to be composted for like 6 weeks before you can use em, even then you got to cut em with something and rebalance nute content

and manure, which i consider a fertalizer, should never be used as the primary component of a growing soil.

although my dad tuaght me a meathod the old timers used. where you dug a hole with a post hole digger, about 2-3 feet deep, fill with 1inch manure, 1 inch hay,1 inch soil. repeat untill hole is full. ive never tried it, but he swore by it.
i wouldnt mind trying, but diggin a hole around here is like trying to fuck a hole in a brick wall, you just end up sore, and bleeding from places blood shouldnt come from.

somewhere in RIU there a big page of soil recipes

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extremely helpful manure did sit for over six weeks. thanks guys