Hi all. Can you guys give me a clue as to how good my soil might be? I'm growing in 80/20 Duck manure compost/Pro-Mix and water with compost tea every other watering.
I add about 2 cups of bone meal in a wheel barrow of the compost/Pro-Mix. Compost tea gets 10-15 ml of Kelp concentrate, cup of fish fertilizer and a tbl spoon of molasses to a 5 gallon bucket.
Plants are green and have been in flower for 4wks tomorrow. I used UB's topping technique, with what I can see, successfully, with one caveat. They look to me like they are shorter that I expected them to be. They vegged for five weeks. Half of them are Lemmon Skunk and the others are Cheese and are under 2x600 HPS, 8 plants total.
Here's an analysis of what Duck Manure has in it for nutes. This isn't my soil analysis, but one off a Agriculture website.
Table 4. Average Nutrient Composition of Duck Manures
Manure Total Ammonium Phosphorus Potassium
Type N NH4- N P2O5 K2O
--------------------lb/ton--------------------
Fresh (no litter) 28 5 23 17
House litter1 19 3 17 14
Stockpiled litter2 24 5 42 22
1Annual manure and litter accummulation; typical litter base is wood shavings.
2Annual house accummulation removed to uncovered stockpile to be spread within
six months.
Source: Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, NCSU.
Table 5. Average Secondary and Micronutrient Content of Poultry Manures
Manure Type Ca Mg S Na Fe Mn B Mo Zn Cu
-------------------------------------lb/ton------------------------------------
Layer
Undercage scraped 43.0 6.1 7.1 4.5 0.52 0.27 0.050 0.00390 0.32 0.036
Highrise stored 86.0 6.0 8.8 5.0 1.8 0.52 0.046 0.00038 0.37 0.043
Broiler Litter
Broiler house 41.0 8.0 15.0 13.0 1.3 0.67 0.054 0.00085 0.63 0.45
Roaster house 43.0 8.5 14.0 13.0 1.6 0.74 0.049 0.00082 0.68 0.51
Breeder house 94.0 6.8 8.5 8.6 1.3 0.57 0.035 0.00048 0.52 0.21
Stockpiled 54.0 8.0 12.0 6.2 1.5 0.59 0.041 0.00069 0.55 0.27
Turkey Litter
Brooder house 28.0 5.7 7.6 5.9 1.4 0.52 0.047 0.00081 0.46 0.36
Grower house 42.0 7.0 10.0 8.4 1.3 0.65 0.048 0.00092 0.64 0.51
Stockpiled 42.0 6.8 9.5 6.4 1.5 0.62 0.047 0.00095 0.56 0.34
Duck Litter
Duck house 22.0 2.7 3.1 2.8 .98 0.31 0.021 0.00040 0.26 .056
Stockpiled 27.0 4.4 5.6 8.8 1.2 0.47 0.030 0.00030 0.47 .050
I add about 2 cups of bone meal in a wheel barrow of the compost/Pro-Mix. Compost tea gets 10-15 ml of Kelp concentrate, cup of fish fertilizer and a tbl spoon of molasses to a 5 gallon bucket.
Plants are green and have been in flower for 4wks tomorrow. I used UB's topping technique, with what I can see, successfully, with one caveat. They look to me like they are shorter that I expected them to be. They vegged for five weeks. Half of them are Lemmon Skunk and the others are Cheese and are under 2x600 HPS, 8 plants total.
Here's an analysis of what Duck Manure has in it for nutes. This isn't my soil analysis, but one off a Agriculture website.
Table 4. Average Nutrient Composition of Duck Manures
Manure Total Ammonium Phosphorus Potassium
Type N NH4- N P2O5 K2O
--------------------lb/ton--------------------
Fresh (no litter) 28 5 23 17
House litter1 19 3 17 14
Stockpiled litter2 24 5 42 22
1Annual manure and litter accummulation; typical litter base is wood shavings.
2Annual house accummulation removed to uncovered stockpile to be spread within
six months.
Source: Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, NCSU.
Table 5. Average Secondary and Micronutrient Content of Poultry Manures
Manure Type Ca Mg S Na Fe Mn B Mo Zn Cu
-------------------------------------lb/ton------------------------------------
Layer
Undercage scraped 43.0 6.1 7.1 4.5 0.52 0.27 0.050 0.00390 0.32 0.036
Highrise stored 86.0 6.0 8.8 5.0 1.8 0.52 0.046 0.00038 0.37 0.043
Broiler Litter
Broiler house 41.0 8.0 15.0 13.0 1.3 0.67 0.054 0.00085 0.63 0.45
Roaster house 43.0 8.5 14.0 13.0 1.6 0.74 0.049 0.00082 0.68 0.51
Breeder house 94.0 6.8 8.5 8.6 1.3 0.57 0.035 0.00048 0.52 0.21
Stockpiled 54.0 8.0 12.0 6.2 1.5 0.59 0.041 0.00069 0.55 0.27
Turkey Litter
Brooder house 28.0 5.7 7.6 5.9 1.4 0.52 0.047 0.00081 0.46 0.36
Grower house 42.0 7.0 10.0 8.4 1.3 0.65 0.048 0.00092 0.64 0.51
Stockpiled 42.0 6.8 9.5 6.4 1.5 0.62 0.047 0.00095 0.56 0.34
Duck Litter
Duck house 22.0 2.7 3.1 2.8 .98 0.31 0.021 0.00040 0.26 .056
Stockpiled 27.0 4.4 5.6 8.8 1.2 0.47 0.030 0.00030 0.47 .050