This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

Franz

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
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This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply
pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all
the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

Franz

Much depends on your soil and its drainage but i would leave pelleted
chicken manure till spring but use compost now on my soil which is sandy and
very free draining

"Franz wrote in message
This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply
pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all
the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?


Me as usual!
Now's the time for well rotted manure to be incorporated, put the pelleted
chicken manure around your plants in the spring early summer as they grow.

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This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

I'm still putting it in planting holes for new shrubs because I reckon
it encourages new root development. The above-ground parts won't grow
till next year, but roots should continue growing for a couple of months
yet, and the benefit of that will show next year.

Janet

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This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply
pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all
the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

I'm still putting it in planting holes for new shrubs because I reckon
it encourages new root development. The above-ground parts won't grow
till next year, but roots should continue growing for a couple of months
yet, and the benefit of that will show next year.

Thanks for that info. I will put it in practice.

Franz

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This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply
pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all
the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

I'm still putting it in planting holes for new shrubs because I reckon
it encourages new root development. The above-ground parts won't grow
till next year, but roots should continue growing for a couple of months
yet, and the benefit of that will show next year.

Thanks for that info. I will put it in practice.

Franz

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from "Franz Heymann" contains these
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This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply
pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all
the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

I'm still putting it in planting holes for new shrubs because I reckon
it encourages new root development. The above-ground parts won't grow
till next year, but roots should continue growing for a couple of months
yet, and the benefit of that will show next year.

Thanks for that info. I will put it in practice.

Franz

"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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from "Franz Heymann" contains these
words:

This is the time of the year when I always wonder whether to apply
pelleted
chicken manure now or whether I should wait till the spring, in case all
the
goodness is leached out duting the winter.

Who is prepared to stick its neck out?

I'm still putting it in planting holes for new shrubs because I reckon
it encourages new root development. The above-ground parts won't grow
till next year, but roots should continue growing for a couple of months
yet, and the benefit of that will show next year.

Thanks for that info. I will put it in practice.

Franz