Organic Twist

videoman40

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I ran into an old friend, & we got to shooting the shit about growing......so I proceeded to tell him about the new seaweed concentrate I had just bought to add to my line up of nutes.

Well he interrupted me to make his point, and to explain to me that I need to slow down and take it easy......so I shut up and listened to him talk as he explained his simple/organic method.

He's been doing it for years, so I do listen to him, he grows some good stuff, anyway he explained to me that all you need to do is find someone who raises rabbits, then get about 4 gallons of well composted rabbit shit and buy 2 gallons (approx) of perlite. Mix well and plant your plants. This is all you need until flowering. Then just add some worm castings and a small amount of bat guano. Thats all. No more ferts. Nothing else. Other than that, just watch the PH of your water. Sit back, have a smoke and enjoy watching them grow KISS
Peace
 

abudsmoker

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still this seems a less that desireable source or lasting nutes. i cant imagine rabbit turds would be the food of choice
 

videoman40

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Hey dude, quite to the contrary, rabbit turd is probably the best Veg fert on the planet. I did do some net-research and found lots of info the subject.

The following are answers to a poster in a flower forum who asked about rabbit poop:

Bunny poop is GREAT for gardens! It has a lot of fiber, and won't "burn"
your plants like cow, horse, or chicken manure.


Excellent fertilizer and you don't have to compost it; just throw it right
in!


Plants love it, and it encourages earthworms, which plants also love.
As others have said, it does not need to be cured, like cow manure.
It can be used straight from the bunny!

Bunny poop should really get your garden hopping!

Peace

still this seems a less that desireable source or lasting nutes. i cant imagine rabbit turds would be the food of choice
 

babygro

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all you need to do is find someone who raises rabbits, then get about 4 gallons of well composted rabbit shit and buy 2 gallons (approx) of perlite. Mix well and plant your plants. This is all you need until flowering. Then just add some worm castings and a small amount of bat guano. Thats all. No more ferts. Nothing else. Other than that, just watch the PH of your water. Sit back, have a smoke and enjoy watching them grow KISS
It's quite true that Rabbit manure is an excellent source of NPK (2.4-1.4-0.6) but it does need to be composted for at least 3+ weeks to break down and remove any harmful pathogens that may be present and so it can be broken down into a useable form by the plants.

I wouldn't advise anyone to use fresh Rabbit Manure mixed with perlite to grow plants in for the reasons given above and the fact that it doesn't contain sufficient trace mineral elements on it's own to sustain healthy plant growth.
 

videoman40

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Well the 3 week wait appearantly is something that I most likely read at the very same site you did too Baby.
Had you of read past the 1st result in your search, you might have turned up something useful.
What I found confusing as I read, is ALOT of posts by people who use it and they all said the same thing, they all used it right away. ALthough I am sure waiting the 3 weeks won't hurt.


With the highest amount of NPK, that is Nitrogen, Phosphoric Acid, and Potassium, of all farm and barnyard animal manures, rabbit manure is truly a gift to your garden.

"Rabbit manure is safe to use right from the start. It doesn't need aging or composting. If there's a lot of urine-soaked straw or other bedding with it, then I'd wait a week but otherwise I would not. We used to have a steady system of trench composting when we had 70-80 rabbits. Dig a trench a foot deep and fill it in 8" with fresh manure. Cover that over and plant right away. By the time the roots got down to the manure, it was well rotted and totally safe for the tenderest roots. And that was with those roots growing right into the pure stuff. Surface crops the first year, root crops the next. "

So far as not being able to sustain healthy plant growth....I can believe what info you turned up on a search, or believe someone who has actual hands on experience with using it. I think I'll go with the experience, but thank you.
Peace

EDIT, heres some additional info on this topic:

Manures

source N P K comments
Rabbit manure 2.4 1.4 0.6 Most concentrated of animal manures in fresh form.
Cow manure (dairy) 0.6 0.2 0.5 Often contains weed seeds, should be hot composted.
Steer manure 0.7 0.3 0.4 Often contains weed seeds, should be hot composted if fresh.
Chicken manure 1.1 0.8 0.5 Fast acting, breaks down quickest of all manures.Use carefully, may burn. Also, stinks like hell - composting definitely recommended.
Horse manure 0.7 0.3 0.6 Medium breakdown time.
Duck manure 0.6 1.4 0.5 .
Sheep manure 0.7 0.3 0.9 .
Worm castings 0.5 0.5 0.3 50% organic material plus 11 trace minerals. Great for seedlings, will not burn.
Is a form of compost, so doesn't need composting.
Desert Bat Guano 8 4 1 Also contains trace elements. Fast-acting, mix in soil or as tea (1 C guano to 5 gal. water).
Cave Bat Guano 3 10 1 .
Fossilized Seabird Guano 1 10 1 Slow release over 3 to 12 weeks, best used as an addition to potting mix.
Peruvian Seabird Guano (pelletized) 12 12 2.5 Legendary fertilizer of the Incas. Use in soil as a long lasting fertilizer, or make into tea (1 tsp pellets to 1 gallon water).
 

paddy510

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was going to get some horse manure from a mate but now ill be going for a walk out the scrub and get a few bags of bunny poop instead. theres tons of it around here

any idea what goose crap is like?
 
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