Horse manure has been considered the best organic fertilizer since the domestication of the horse. However, it must be applied wisely. If used improperly, this substance can not increase productivity, but harm.

Horse manure consists of bedding and animal feces, which are the substrate of digested plant foods. Its composition is not inferior to most chemical fertilizers, but, unlike them, does not destroy the soil and does not accumulate in plants.

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Straw is just one type of stall bedding. The quality of the final product will greatly depend on the material that has been used as bedding and therefore has been mixed with faeces and urine into the final product. Straw, the presence of which in manure is not disputed by mass consciousness, is only the most common option. In terms of benefits for plants, it is somewhere in the middle. The most useful, although the rarest, is peat bedding. The most harmful, although also rare, is sawdust bedding.

The main chemical elements and compounds that make up horse manure

In addition, horse manure boasts the following advantages:

• looseness. A very important feature. The addition of loose matter to the soil makes it lighter, more airy and increases its ability to retain moisture. This substance has a particularly beneficial effect on heavy clay soils;
• high decomposition temperature. This makes it indispensable for laying in greenhouses;
• no oxidizing effect on the soil;
• light weight. A bag of 50 liters, stuffed to the top, weighs 35-49 kg. This characteristic does not affect productivity, but is very important. Thanks to it, a kilogram of horse manure will significantly exceed in volume all other "grades" of this substance. Thus, even despite the higher cost, buying it can be more profitable;

  

• no characteristic smell of faeces;
• stimulation of vital activity of soil microorganisms and earthworms. This is very important, since even a one-time top dressing will improve the soil, because the activity of worms and microorganisms is very important for its fertility;
• lack of weed seeds. The structure of the horse's digestive tract is such that the seeds eaten together with grass or hay are digested almost completely and can no longer sprout.

  

In addition, during decomposition, horse manure releases carbon dioxide, which plants feed on, and a lot of heat.

What form is it and where can I buy it?

Horse manure is divided into several categories depending on the stage of decomposition and the specifics of preparation. It is useful to understand them, as these categories are applied in different ways.

Fresh

It is a mixture of feces and urine with straw, formed during the cleaning of stalls and levadas, in which horses are kept. Purchased from their owners. One often reads that it is almost impossible to get fresh horse droppings, since few people keep horses. But this opinion is not true. You can get fresh manure everywhere, although you have to look.

The easiest way to do this is for residents of district centers, small towns and villages surrounded by rural areas. But the townspeople should not despair. The easiest way is to find a forum on the Internet where horse owners from your area communicate and ask there.

The straw included in its composition has Brown color and a rotten look. Semi-decomposed manure is considered to be manure that has been stored in right conditions from 6 to 12 months. According to some indicators, the most important of which is the concentration of nitrogen, this form surpasses all others, including humus. They bring it to the beds at the rate of 3 kg per 1 m 2, usually when digging. It is especially useful for gourds, cabbage and cucumbers. If semi-rotted manure was applied to the soil in the fall, then the next year all root crops, tomatoes and strawberries grow well on such beds.

As this substance decomposes in the soil, a lot of nitrogen is released, much of which is absorbed by microorganisms. Therefore, it is better to make it in the fall, so that during the winter the soil has time to be saturated with nitrogen.

Humus

This is a substrate that has been decomposing for at least 3-4 years. The most useful form, since the concentration of beneficial soil microbes and worms reaches a maximum, the chemical elements turn into forms that are easily assimilated by plants, and the straw breaks down into individual fibers. Humus looks like a crumbly brown mass, homogeneous or with small inclusions of solid elements. Fecal odor is completely absent. This is the heaviest variety, compared to fresh, it loses about a third of the volume. But be careful - after five years of storage, it turns into ordinary soil, albeit with slightly improved properties.

It is used for fertilizing all garden crops without exception. Moreover, it has been noticed that its introduction not only accelerates growth and increases the size of fruits, but also improves their taste.

This wonderful fertilizer must be said separately. As it was written above, it is dangerous to bring fresh manure under the roots, as it can burn them. To avoid this, experienced gardeners prepare manure tincture.

To make it, you need any tightly closed container, for example, a large barrel. In it, fresh manure is poured with water in a ratio of 1x1, stirred until a homogeneous mass is obtained, tightly closed and left alone for 10 days. The resulting infusion, unless otherwise indicated, is diluted with water immediately before use in the proportion of 1 part of the infusion to 10 parts of water.

Good results are shown by the use of such an infusion for flowers immediately before the flowering period. You can also add manure tincture to the water to water other plants. The water should be the color of weakly brewed tea.

Manure infusion can be bought in stores.

Granulated manure

A great example of how modern technologies help gardeners. This is ordinary manure, which is turned into granules using the following technology. First, it is crushed to a homogeneous mass, then heated to 75 degrees. Mixed with crushed straw, dried, passed through a molding machine, the resulting granules are dried. As you can see, no “chemistry”, which many gardeners are afraid of, is added, and granules can be safely used even by ideological fans of “natural”. They are used to feed almost all garden crops, the recommended amount is 10-15 kg / 100 m 2. They are usually sold by weight in markets and shops. The shelf life is three years.

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Horse owners can prepare their own manure.

Stalls are cleaned once a day, separately lying large feces are picked up during the day. They also need to be folded separately, this is the most valuable manure, clean, without bedding impurities.

Stalls from which manure will be harvested should not be covered with sawdust. They greatly degrade the quality of the final product. It is best to use peat as bedding. If this is not possible - straw.

Usually, cleaned manure is loaded onto a wheelbarrow, taken to a storage facility and simply poured onto the ground. You can't do that. Precious nitrogen is oxidized by oxygen and turns into ammonia, which is useless for plants. It is necessary to immediately store the manure if it is planned to use it nearby, or pack it in bags if it is planned to sell or transport it to the place of use. Filled bags must be tied.

Storage methods

Proper storage of this natural fertilizer is very important. If the nitrogen is incorrect, it enters into a chemical reaction with oxygen, which is contained in the atmospheric air, oxidizes, turns into ammonia and volatilizes. Based on this, it becomes clear that the primary task is to organize storage in such a way that the substance comes into contact with air as little as possible.

The most common way is to dig a hole in the ground. It is laid so that at least 10 cm remains to the edge. This gap is covered with sawdust and straw. From above, the pit is covered with a film and its edges are pressed to the ground with bricks or other weighting agents. If the bookmark takes place in the summer, when there are still several weeks of hot dry weather ahead, you can generously pour the contents with water, and only then cover.

They also store it in compost heaps, laying it in layers with garden weeds, peat, fallen leaves and other plant organic matter. This method is considered one of the best, since the released liquid is absorbed by the plant layers and is thus saved.

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The first and last layers are made from vegetable raw materials or peat, their thickness should be at least 20. The height of the pile should be about 1.5 m. It is covered with a film on top.

Application methods

Manure is most useful for heavy soils. On dry and loose, to achieve a noticeable effect, you will need to make it for several years in a row. Fresh manure slowly mineralizes, so it should be applied together with mineral fertilizers. Humus is devoid of this drawback, so additional fertilizers are not needed. The substrate of any freshness can be applied before winter, before the onset of the sowing season, even fresh one will have time to mineralize. The average application rate is 5 kg per 1 m 2. It is useful to know that approximately 7.5 kg of manure is placed in an ordinary bucket. This will help you measure the right amount without having a scale.

This natural fertilizer has a pronounced cumulative effect, the benefits of it reach a maximum in the second or third year of continuous use.

It is best to apply manure during the complete digging of the beds, which usually occurs in spring and autumn. Approximately one bucket is taken per hundred square meters. Fresh is brought in in the fall, half-rotted and humus - in the fall.

Manure is also used for soil mixture for seedlings, especially tomato. To do this, take 2 parts of garden land and 1 part of humus or semi-rotted manure.

The most striking cases of failures in the application of this type of fertilizer are associated with the introduction of fresh excrement directly under the roots of plants during the growing season. You don't need to do that. Food that has not yet begun to decompose contains too much nitrogen and generates too much heat. All of the above can seriously damage the root system.

As a biofuel for greenhouses and greenhouses

When decomposed, fresh horse apples release a lot of energy, local temperature rise can reach 33 degrees. In parallel, the soil is enriched with valuable substances. In particular, carbon dioxide, which is especially abundant, serves as the main source of plant nutrition. It is especially useful for cucumber sprouts, the introduction of fresh manure into the greenhouse in which it is planned to plant cucumbers increases the yield. Therefore, young litter is perfect for "heating" greenhouses. You can apply it either in spring or autumn.

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For flowers

Species belonging to the rose family (the most popular in Russian gardens are roses and decorative rose hips) always respond positively to watering with diluted manure infusion. It is also useful to scatter between the bushes not a large number of semi-decomposed manure, or use it for mulching. It is also useful to water other flowers with liquid, especially during the flowering period.

For cabbage

The white head is fed with this fertilizer twice per season, and the last one is at least two months before the head is harvested. Otherwise, part of the nitrogen may accumulate in them in the form of nitrates. Top dressing is carried out with manure infusion, on a bucket of which a glass of ash is added. Water this mixture mainly in the evening, at the rate of a glass per bush.

The color is also watered twice, but in a slightly different way. The first watering is done two months after planting seedlings in the ground. In a bucket of water dissolve a tablespoon of urea and 2 cups of manure infusion. Pour 2 cups of this mixture under one plant.

The second time feeding with the same mixture is carried out when the head of cabbage reaches the size walnut. A liter is poured under a bush.

For cucumbers

This culture is also watered with a mixture based on manure infusion. Processing is best done in the evening.

The first dressing is applied when the plants begin to bloom. On a bucket of water take a glass of infusion, a teaspoon of urea, superphosphate and potassium sulfate. Make a glass of the resulting liquid under the plant. The second time watering is done after 2-3 weeks, the third - after the same period of time. The composition is the same.

Cucumbers are also grown on "dung" beds. In addition to fertilizing, this method provides this heat-loving crop with a comfortable temperature for it, since manure, decomposing, heats the soil.

Semi-rotted manure is mixed in half with straw. The bed is thickly covered with this mixture (the second option is to fall asleep in wide transverse trenches) and left alone until a light smoke appears above it, indicating that the isothermal processes are running. this means that “the process has begun” and you can use the fertilizer for its intended purpose. This takes about a week. After that, the bed is trampled, watered, covered with polyethylene and left alone for two days, after which it is opened and covered with a layer of soil.

For carrots

If the planted carrots grow poorly and slowly, they are fed with manure infusion. This is done for the first time when the bulk of the plants in the garden have already released the fourth leaf, the last one - 2-3 weeks before harvesting.

For potatoes

When planting potatoes, put a handful of manure mixed with the ground in a ratio of 1: 1 into the hole. In addition to increasing the yield, such a mixture repels the wireworm.

For apple trees

Fertilizing apple trees with horse manure every year will help keep the tree healthier and increase yields. This is always done in the fall after harvesting the fruits, once a year. A shallow trench is dug around the tree so that it surrounds it with a ring at a distance of half a meter from the trunk. The trench is filled with fresh manure or manure infusion, allowed to stand and covered with earth.

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When Not to Use Manure

Despite the undoubted benefits, this substance cannot be used thoughtlessly, there are contraindications.

1. It is necessary to observe the norms and frequency of application of this fertilizer. An overdose can be harmful.
2. Horse manure should not be applied later than two weeks before harvest. Otherwise, it will accumulate in plants in the form of nitrites and nitrates, which in large doses are harmful to the human body.
3. Do not use manure covered with mold and fungus.
4. Under potatoes, only manure from proven stables or granulated is introduced. Scab is transmitted through manure.
5. It is unacceptable to apply fresh manure directly under the root system of plants.

As you can see, there are not so many of them. In other cases, horse manure, especially in the form of humus, can be used.

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Horse manure as a fertilizer - how to apply on your site to increase the yield

Many summer residents believe that manure, as a fertilizer, meets all the requirements for the composition of nutrients. It contains all the necessary substances for the successful development of plants. This organic fertilizer is also valuable because only natural components are characteristic of its composition.

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Those who do not want to use preparations containing a large amount of chemicals for their garden, but love beautiful, lush flowers and strive to grow them, prefer manure as a fertilizer. Compared to other top dressings, manure is inexpensive, and if you have your own barn, it is free. Its only drawback is considered a specific smell.

Fresh manure is not recommended to be used untreated to increase soil fertility. Liquid fresh feces are used to make a solution of mullein. When digging the soil, rotted manure is added. The longer the excrement is stored, the better the quality of the organic feed. For growing flowers, humus or mullein solution is more often used. Horse and cow dung, bird and rabbit droppings are suitable for feeding flower crops.

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Horse manure for fertilizing

Horse manure as a fertilizer is ideal for growing flower crops. In the people, it is called "marmalade for roses." Many summer residents use it to enrich the soil with useful substances and in liquid form. The natural substances of horse excrement allow you to get a lush, beautiful "queen of the garden."

Horse manure is an excellent top dressing for roses.

Varieties of horse manure

1. Fresh. It is not recommended to use for fertilizing flowers, as you can burn the roots of plants, and fresh humus contains worm eggs that are harmful to the garden.
2. Semi-decrepit. It is added to the soil or used in aqueous solution, for feeding flowers.
3. Dry manure. It becomes half as much as fresh manure. Ten kg of manure is sufficient fertilization for one square meter of soil.
4. The most valuable type of organic matter is humus.

Horse manure has a porous structure; during overheating, it decomposes very quickly and has warming properties, which contributes to the rapid heating of the earth.

To feed, you need to mix ten liters of water and one kg of horse excrement. During the day, the solution should be infused, the next day you can feed, diluting the solution with water by half.

In the fall, when future flower beds are being prepared, add fresh horse excrement at the rate of 5 kg per square meter of soil. By spring, the manure will have time to overturn, and it will be possible to start planting flowers.

Horse humus compost is well suited for feeding flowers. Dig a hole about a meter deep, place sawdust, tops, leaves, horse excrement down. The compost heap is ready, it remains to wait until the waste is overheated.

How to make fertilizer from cow dung

For many flower crops, mullein fertilizers are beneficial. Top dressing should be carried out before flowering. There is nothing complicated in its preparation.

To do this, you need to take liquid manure and fill it with water in a barrel or deep vat. One bucket of cow waste requires five buckets of water. It is desirable that the container with the contents be located away from the living quarters - the barrel will emit a very unpleasant odor. You can put a barrel on the outskirts of the garden. It takes two weeks to insist mullein. Every day it is recommended to mix the contents, bubbles should appear. After 14 days, the solution becomes light and mullein can be added.

How to use mullein

For greater nutrient saturation of the solution, it is recommended to add wood ash and eggshells to the mullein. The value of mullein corresponds to the beneficial substances that the cow consumed. For flowers, cow dung is considered the best fertilizer.

1. Cooked mullein must be diluted with water. The ratio is 1:2. At a higher concentration, there is a possibility of burning the roots.
2. Dig small grooves near the flowers without touching the roots. Pouring plants directly to the base of the plant is not recommended, you can burn the root system.
3. Water the flowers before feeding with mullein.
4. To make the plants bloom faster, they can be sprayed with infusion of mullein with water. The proportions are 1:20. This method additionally protects against pests and diseases.

How to use cow dung as fertilizer in spring

Fresh excrement should not be applied to the soil immediately before planting. It is best to prepare a compost heap in the fall based on cow dung and waste (withered grass, leaves, sawdust). In the spring, such compost will be an ideal fertilizer for roses, peonies, dahlias, lilacs, lilies, nasturtiums, marigolds. When forming a flower bed, compost must be placed in each hole for the plant and mixed with the ground.

Rotten cow dung can be used for digging not only in autumn, but also in spring.

Using rabbit manure as a fertilizer

Rabbit manure is a valuable organic fertilizer. It consists of all necessary flower crops useful substances: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients. There are no wild grass seeds in rabbit feces, because they usually feed on already plucked plant leaves. The downside of rabbit manure is that it is difficult to obtain in large quantities compared to cattle feces.

How to make fertilizer from rabbit manure

Indoor home and garden flowers will delight you abundant flowering if you use rabbit droppings for feeding.

1. It is required to take one part of rabbit droppings and one part of wood ash. We dilute with water, after fermentation, you can water the plants, having previously diluted with water in proportions of one to ten.
2. Rabbit feces can be used as dry organic feed. Dried manure is crushed and added to the soil at the rate of 1 tablespoon of powder per three kilograms of soil. Decorative houseplants are placed in fertilized soil.

For garden plants you can also use rabbit droppings to improve the fertility of the land when digging.

Chicken manure fertilizer

Chicken manure is rich in nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium

A gorgeous flowering flower bed will appear on your site if you use chicken manure for organics. Flowers will thank the gardener with bright numerous flowers, you just need to properly fertilize. Chicken manure is characterized by a variety of nutrients: nitrogen, phosphoric acid, potassium, magnesium, sulfur. This fertilizer is especially rich in phosphorus and nitrogen. The content of these elements in the composition of chicken manure is several times higher than the amount of elements found in the manure of cattle. To improve the development of plants, gardeners mix one part of chicken manure with three parts of sawdust and straw, and then spread it on the ground next to flower crops.

Methods for preparing liquid fertilizers from chicken manure

• Fermentation method. Now in agrotechnical stores there are necessary preparations to accelerate fermentation. Previously, this method was used exclusively on poultry farms. Sawdust must be treated with a special preparation and poured into a chicken cage. When cleaning the cage, sawdust with droppings must be mixed and placed in a certain place. When the heap becomes required sizes, it must be watered with a fermentation accelerator. After a month, the pile needs to be dried, and the flower food is considered ready.
• A simpler method is to infuse chicken manure. To prepare it, you need waste products and water in a ratio of 1:100. The finished solution resembles brewed tea in color. If the shade is a brighter shade, it is recommended to dilute the preparation.
• To get rid of urea acid, chicken manure is soaked for 2 days. Then the water is poured out, fresh water is added. This procedure is carried out up to four times. The resulting content can be added to the soil when planting.

Granular chicken manure fertilizer

Great alternative for indoor plants

In modern stores, you can buy organic preparations in liquid and dry form. Dry chicken manure is sold in the form of granular formulations.

• To prepare a liquid solution from granules, it is required to infuse 400 grams of the drug with one bucket of water for a day. An excellent nutritious top dressing for flowers will be if you simply bury the granules in the soil. When the components are decomposed, the plant roots will receive all the necessary nutrients. When flowering, the plants are fertilized with a solution of 100 gr. granules and 10 liters of water.

The use of chicken manure has a beneficial effect on the intensive growth of flower crops, the formation of flowers. For home indoor flowers, it is better to use a dry mix to avoid unpleasant odors and root burns. The drug is mixed with soil mixture or deepens into the soil near an already grown plant.

How to use manure as fertilizer for various flowers

Each plant reacts differently to feeding. Experienced gardeners find an individual approach to each flower culture. Not every plant will like the application of manure fertilizers.

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• you need to fertilize with a dilute infusion of mullein when the first true leaves appear. You will get a healthy plant with large bright flowers.
• Peonies in the spring should be mulched with humus, compost with a layer of 10 cm. When the first leaves appear, spray the flowers with urea diluted with water.
• For spring, pour a teaspoon of organic fertilizer into the hole. Excess organic matter can harm the plant.
• Astilba needs to be fed with mullein during the growing season.
• The host should be watered with a solution of mullein. The proportions are 1:10. Fertilize in spring and June. Fertilizers should not be applied later, as loose leaves may grow on the flower, which attracts harmful insects.
• For phlox, top dressing is often needed. In the spring, mulch the ground with compost or humus. At the end of spring, fertilize with infusion of mullein with wood ash. Dry top dressing should be carried out before rain, liquid top dressing - after watering.

Perennial flowers are fed three times a year. In the spring, you need to add humus or compost from manure and loosen the soil well. next step top dressing is when the first leaves appear or during the flowering period. In order for flower crops to stock up on nutrients for the winter, you need to add organic matter after flowering. For successful development, two dressings are enough - after planting in the ground and during the formation of buds.

Benefits of using manure when growing flowers

When organic matter is introduced, there is a decrease, an improvement in its structure, and the normalization of air and water regimes. As organic matter decomposes, carbon dioxide is released and heat is released, providing ideal conditions for the development of healthy flower roots. Fertilized with manure, the soil has a harmonious balance of useful elements, the development of soil microflora occurs. earthworms multiply faster in humus and increase soil fertility.

Manure is rich in nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, trace elements

• Phosphorus and potassium contribute to the development of roots, the resistance of flower crops to negative effects environment. Flowering depends on these substances.
• Trace elements are needed to increase soil fertility.
• Nitrogen contributes to the growth of leaves, but with a lack of it, the plants get sick.

For the best fertilizer, animal excrement should be composted for 2 years. It is important not to overdo it with the introduction of organic matter - flowers develop from an overabundance of top dressing. With optimal amounts of organic fertilizers for soil soil, you can grow amazing beautiful garden with lush crowns of flower crops.

Every plant you plant must be fed and fertilized. Otherwise, just don't rely on good harvest. Today, there are many fertilizers for different plants and for any wallet. But many gardeners and gardeners prefer the old methods - manure. Horse manure is now gaining more and more popularity.

It has been shown to be most effective in a variety of crops.

In this article, we will tell you how to use it correctly and what its benefits are in general.

The benefits of horse manure for plants

The composition of horse feces is very diverse useful substances . They contain substances such as:

1. Calcium;
2. Phosphorus;
3. Potassium;
4. Nitrogen and other organic substances.

Together, all this is a powerful catalyst for soil productivity and vegetation growth. This type of fertilizer causes a lot of controversy among the population. Some argue that there is no particular benefit from it, while others, on the contrary, trust only this substance.

But no matter what people say, the benefits of horse feces for the garden have been proven by many years of use in the agricultural and agrotechnical industry. When used, it increases the yield of garden and horticultural crops, as well as their resistance to external negative factors and diseases.

Horse humus has a great advantage over other types of organic fertilizers (goat, chicken, mullein and pig manure) - it is drier and lighter, and also decomposes better. It is also heated better than other types of manure. Its combustion temperature is approximately 70 - 80 degrees. It also gives off heat better and cools down more slowly. In addition, it is almost not affected by pathogenic microflora.

If this fertilizer is applied to the soil, then its fertility will increase. Humus allows:

Other organic fertilizers and top dressings will not be able to have a similar effect.

What types of manure exist

As a fertilizer, horse droppings have been used in a variety of ways.. It all depends on the degree of its decomposition:

1. Humus;
2. rotted;
3. Semi-rotted;
4. Dry.

Below we will talk about each of them.

fresh look

Most often used to fertilize the soil fresh manure. It releases more nitrogen and heat. But every gardener must understand that fresh humus is dangerous for plants and crops because it can burn their root system. For this reason, the most the best option for fertilizing the land with fresh horse manure is the autumn period. When the entire crop has already been harvested, and the earth has been dug up. If manure is applied before the winter cold sets in, then by spring it will decompose and will benefit green spaces.

How fresh the manure is can be freely determined with just a glance. In fresh organics, sawdust and straw of a characteristic structure and color are clearly expressed. But in the organic fertilizer that has lain down for some time, these indicators will no longer be so noticeable.

In the spring, horse fresh feces are used as biofuel for hotbeds and greenhouses, arranging warm mounds and beds for pumpkins, zucchini and cucumbers. It is also allowed to be applied under early potatoes and other crops that have a long growing season.

It is possible to combine it with other fertilizers of organic origin when feeding. Manure can be composted with:

1. Straw;
2. old leaves;
3. Grass;
4. Sawdust;
5. Peat.

The most effective compost is considered to be a combination with peat. But more accessible - connecting it with straw. The least effective connection with sawdust.

And the fresh look of horse feces is used to prepare top dressing in liquid form.

semi-rotted look

Organic residues in this type of feces are dark brown in color and can easily lose their structure. The semi-rotted type of this fertilizer can be fed flowers and horticultural crops (cucumbers, cabbage, zucchini). When digging, it is used in a semi-liquid form. After a year after fertilization, it is good to plant strawberries, tomatoes, beets, carrots and potatoes in this area. And they are good at mulching roses.

Well rotted look

In its composition, it is a black homogeneous mass. It is twice as light as fresh. Soil is fertilized with such organic matter and used as a substrate for seedlings in such parts: 1 part of the ground and 2 parts of the earth. They feed fruit trees, garden flowers, early potatoes and tomatoes.

Humus

Is last stage of horse feces. Such organics are the most useful, and therefore are used as top dressing for all flowers and garden plantings.

In the earth, which was fed with humus, not only growth accelerates, but also the taste improves. For example, bitterness disappears from onions and radishes.

Humus is used for mulching, applied under berry crops and fruit trees.

How to fertilize plants with horse feces correctly

Horse ground is used for most soils and plants. Here are some tips for adding horse droppings to the soil:

Storage of horse land

1. Hot;
2. Cold.

Let's take a closer look at each of them.

Cold storage method

More preferably cold save the faeces of horses. So it will not overheat, and therefore, will lose less nitrogen. It is important to stack properly so that oxygen access is minimal. You need to choose an appropriate place for laying stacks - build a fence or dig a hole. Sawdust, hay, peat or straw with an approximate thickness of 30 centimeters are laid on the bottom of the prepared site, and after that they are laid on top of the ground with a width of 1.5 - 2 meters and a height of 15 centimeters.

In order to protect the ground from external influences, it is thrown from above with earth or peat. The thickness of the top layer should not exceed 20 centimeters. Up to a height of 1.5 meters, several layers can be laid. On the winter period the ground must be covered with a film. Make sure that during storage the ground does not dry out or become waterlogged.

Hot storage method

With this method the ground is stored in heaps in a loose state. Air penetrates into it without any obstacles, which causes the active growth of microflora. After 6 months of such storage, the ground loses more than half of its total mass and the same amount of nitrogen.

There are several cases in which This organic is not recommended. despite all its advantages. The most important of them are presented below:

1. If you see a fungal coating on the feces. In this case, it will not be able to warm up, and therefore, it is unsuitable for use in greenhouses;
2. If the soil in the greenhouse is dense, then due to the slow decomposition of such soil, the released hydrogen sulfide and methane will adversely affect the root system of plants;
3. With extreme caution, you need to pour it into the holes with potatoes - there may be scab infection;
4. Poorly decomposed humus is not recommended if you want to create a warm bed on cucumbers. Ammonia, which is part of the feces, can poison cucumbers.

Liquid concentrate of horse feces

This type of fertilizer among experienced gardeners has gained great popularity. If you buy it ready-made, then you will not have any difficulties during transportation. The manufacturer thought about this in advance and packaged it in bottles, the volume of which is 5 liters. If you want to prepare such top dressing yourself, then use this recipe:

1. Freshly picked nettle leaves for 72 hours, fill with water;
2. After the time has passed, mix the infusion with horse feces. The proportions are as follows: 10 parts of infusion and 1 part of feces;
3. Let the prepared fertilizer brew for 2 days, and then you can apply it.

Plants can be fed with this liquid concentrate only after you mix it. Due to the high concentration, it is necessary to dilute the concentrate with water. For 1 part of the concentrate take 6 parts of water. It is better to add it to plants or spray leaves with it in the evening. It will saturate your plants with potassium and nitrogen compounds. With the help of this concentrate, very often experienced gardeners feed tomatoes.

Many articles have already been written about the benefits of organic fertilizers. The use of compost, humus, as well as various kinds manure is bearing fruit - the yields of vegetables and fruits increase, the vegetative mass of flowers in the flower beds increases more actively, and flowering is more abundant. Yes and indoor plants also requires organic feeding.

Many experienced gardeners and flower growers put horse manure in a special place. Moreover, it is not only used in the preparation of warm beds in the garden, but it also has a large number of advantages among other types of manure.

About the benefits of this organic type of fertilizer, composition, application for top dressing cultivated plants(and not only) will be written below.

All components of horse manure contribute to the active growth of the aerial part of cultivated plants, as well as the root system. These ingredients improve the composition of the soil, promote the development of beneficial soil microflora, and loosen the soil. Horse manure warms the ground well and quickly, which is especially valuable when preparing greenhouses for early planting of seedlings or seeds (at a time when it is still not warm enough outside), and it also cools down rather slowly - and this is its main advantage over cow manure.

Main positive traits horse manure:

• lower moisture content;
• less weight with more volume;
• decomposes faster in the soil;
• higher content of macro and microelements in the composition;
• warms up better and faster
• well gives off heat to the environment;
• contains less seed material of weeds;
• practically does not contain pathogenic microorganisms in its composition (which is usually characteristic of other types of manure);
• due to the large number of macro and microelements, it improves the yield of vegetable plants and fruit trees and shrubs better and faster;
• improves the composition of heavy soils, quickly loosening them;
• when applied to light soil (sandy, sandy loamy) it helps to retain moisture;
• when applied to the soil does not contribute to its acidification.

No wonder horse manure is so highly valued by experts - just look at its composition, and also pay attention to its beneficial features. It has a much higher content of well-assimilated nitrogen than in cow and pig. It is much lighter in weight, quickly raises the temperature of the soil in warm beds, and decomposes faster. And it has practically no smell inherent in all types of manure.

The percentage of the main substances that make up horse manure is as follows:

• water - up to 68 - 70%;
• organics - 18 - 20%;
• potassium - 0.3 - 0.7%;
• nitrogen 0.2 - 0.8%;
• phosphorus - 0.2 - 0.37%;
• calcium - 0.33 - 0.35%.

Horse manure can be used at different times of the year, depending on its quality indicators - they are based on the plants that make up the litter and how long this manure matures.

Horse feces seasoned with high-moor peat are considered the best variety of this organic fertilizer. And the worst - feces mixed with sawdust. But the most accessible and effective horse manure, combined with straw. This species absorbs water best, does not allow nitrogen to be quickly removed and loosens any type of soil very well.

Horse feces are used as fertilizer in the following states:

• fresh;
• half rotted;
• completely rotted;
• like manure.

It is easy to determine how fresh this organic fertilizer is visually: the fresher the fertilizer, the less the litter included in its composition has rotted, its color and structure have not changed much. And the darker the structure of the fertilizer, the more overripe this manure is.

In the autumn, it is most preferable to use fresh horse feces for introducing into the soil - in this case, although they release more heat energy and nitrogen, they cannot burn the delicate roots of vegetable plants. It is also effective to apply fully rotted horse manure (which has matured for at least 4 years). During this time, straw, sawdust or other types of bedding rot completely, turning into a state in which plants perceive it better. And a sufficiently large number of beneficial microorganisms penetrate into the manure itself, the smell characteristic of feces disappears, it becomes more crumbly, saturated with a sufficient amount of moisture.

In order for this fertilizer to bring the greatest benefit when preparing beds in closed ground in spring, it is laid in the soil to a depth of no more than 0.4 m.

And when preparing such beds from autumn, the depth of laying this type of organic matter is 0.5 m, a layer of straw is laid on top, and then covered with soil (the thickness of this layer is at least 0.35 cm).

As the most efficient biofuel in greenhouse conditions, this type of manure can be mixed with other organic matter for early greenhouse plantings:

• horse manure is mixed with straw or food residues (it is necessary to take equal proportions of these substances);
• in any proportions - with other types of manure;
• with peat fertilizer or sawdust (in a ratio of 3:2).

To prepare spring greenhouses, such proportions should be slightly different:

• manure from under cows and horses is taken in equal parts;
• horse manure and last year's leaves - in a ratio of 7: 3.

On large fields, this type of organic matter is usually applied for autumn plowing, but in spring it can be applied only for those cultivated plants that have a long enough growing season. Its application rate is 5-6 kg per 1 m2. It is necessary to smell this organic matter immediately in order to prevent the volatilization of nitrogen, which is part of it.

Horse manure solution is used as root dressing of cultivated plants. To do this, a kilogram of sawdust and two kilograms of this fertilizer are diluted in a bucket of water, insisted for 14 days, periodically stirring this mixture. It should be applied under the roots, but the plants must first be watered.

As a mulch, you can use either well-rotted manure, or humus from this type of organic matter. The thickness of this layer must be at least 5 cm.

Currently, you can buy this type of organic fertilizer in almost any large specialized store. Moreover, its packaging can be different:

• liquid solution of horse manure;
• organic fertilizer in granules;
• packaged in bags of 49 - 450 liters of dry fertilizer (35 - 40 kg).

Since it was unprofitable for summer residents to buy horse manure in large machines, horse manure was not in great demand among them. With the advent of small packages of this organic fertilizer, consumer demand for it has increased dramatically. And most often it is purchased by summer residents or lovers of indoor flowering plants.

You can use "horse apples" as follows:

• fresh organic matter is recommended to be applied to the soil during the autumn digging of the garden. True, in this case, about 50% of all useful substances contained in manure can decompose over the winter;
• in spring, fresh “horse apples” can be introduced for vegetable crops with a long growing season ( white cabbage or potatoes)
• per 1 sq. m, about 5 kg of this organic matter should be added. For reference: usually a bucket with a capacity of 10 liters holds about 7.5 kg of horse manure, and mixed with sawdust - about 4.5 - 5 kg.

Horse manure as organic fertilizer: video

Horse manure is used to fertilize the soil used for gourds - watermelons and melons. In this case, the yields of these gourds increase dramatically. Moreover, if you heat the beds for melons and gourds with this “biofuel” (whose “combustion” temperature is about 31-33⸰С), then you can grow watermelons even in Western Siberia or in the conditions of the Urals.

When fertilizing the garden with this organic matter, the following vegetable crops will delight with their crops:

• pumpkins;
• zucchini;
• cucumbers;
• squash;
• celery.

Moreover, the latter on manured soil will form huge bushes with fleshy "trunks" and will be able to endure frosts without shelter, only it will have to be cut under the root before the onset of frost.

You can also feed the plants during the season liquid solution this organic fertilizer. The fertilizer is diluted in water in a ratio of 1:200 and infused for 2-3 days in a warm place. The fermented mixture is diluted again with water in a ratio of 1:10 and any vegetables are watered under the root.

Generally, vegetable crops manure is very useful. However, you should not get carried away by introducing horse manure, especially containing not completely rotted straw, into the beds on which root crops are grown.

Carrots, onions, beets, radishes, radishes - these crops, with the growth of the underground part, can stumble on straw and deform (bifurcate, bend). Therefore, it is better to apply liquid fertilizing with fertilizers in the process of their growth.