How to Chicken Manure a Lawn
Using chicken manure is an economic and organic way to fertilize your lawn. Chicken manure is rich in nitrogen and other nutrients that will fortify your soil and beautify your grass. Chicken manure can be mixed directly with soil or made into a compost fertilizer, but the best way to add it to your lawn is to make chicken manure tea. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Chicken manure
- Bucket or tub
- Cloth or burlap sack
- Screen
- Garden watering can or hose sprayer
Instructions
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Fill a large, clean bucket or tub (or a garbage container for larger quantities) with water. Make as much as you estimate you will need for your lawn. Do not fill the container more than 3/4 of the way.
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Fill a cloth or burlap sack (even an old pillowcase will do) with chicken manure. Use about 1 heaping shovel scoop of chicken manure per 5 gallons of water. Place some rocks or a couple of bricks in the sack for weight. Cinch or tie the top of the sack with twine and place it in the water.
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Cover the container with a screen and allow the tea to steep for two to four weeks, depending on how warm the weather is. Remove and discard the sack of chicken manure.
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Dilute the tea with water. Use at least 3 parts of water to every 1 part of tea (strong tea can over-fertilize or 'burn' vegetation). Put tea in a garden watering can or sprayer hose attachment to fertilize your lawn. Water your lawn with plain water after adding tea in order to help the tea soak into the soil.
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Fertilize your lawn two to four times a year.
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