I have never used Poultry Pellets before, and was wondering if there
would be any benefit of breaking the pellets down , lightly crushing
them?. I am going to use them as a slow release feed for pot plants.

And have discovered they stink!

On Mar 16, 7:46*pm, Derek wrote:
I have never used Poultry Pellets before, and was wondering if there
would be any benefit of breaking the pellets down , lightly crushing
them?. I am going to use them as a slow release feed for pot plants.

And have discovered they stink!

Poultry pellets?
Are these like Turkey Nuggets?

"Derek" wrote

I have never used Poultry Pellets before, and was wondering if there
would be any benefit of breaking the pellets down , lightly crushing
them?. I am going to use them as a slow release feed for pot plants.

And have discovered they stink!
.....................................

Used them for years, orchids (Cymbidiums, Pleiones, Zygopetalums, etc) seem
to love them as do our citrus. Use them on the allotment too, onions do well
on them.
I have even crushed them up to use on the grass.
Not seen any cheap offers lately though so gradually running out.

--
Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Hmm not sure poultry compost pellets would be slow release? I think they
are fairly fast acting fertiliser
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 16/03/2011 19:46, Derek wrote:
I have never used Poultry Pellets before, and was wondering if there
would be any benefit of breaking the pellets down , lightly crushing
them?. I am going to use them as a slow release feed for pot plants.

And have discovered they stink!


:~) I don't think you'll be "lightly crushing them". I had the same
idea a couple of years ago and found they were as hard as Hades. I gave
up then, but I imagine if you had an old coffee bean grinder (or
similar) you could do it. However, I only use them in really big pots
and don't feel the need to crush them at all. Never had any problems.

They do have a good healthy country smell, don't they?! ;~}

--
Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay