Chicken poop for tree fertilized??

[erthymom2]

Can you use the coop clean-outs to
fertilize around pine trees?

i use it for my gardens and compost pile, but was wondering if anyone
used it to help your evergreens or pines stay healthy?

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Should work fine if you spread it out well. Is it pure manure or mixed with a lot of bedding? The higher the manure content the more thinly you would want to spread it.

.....Alan.

 

[patandchickens]

I'd be real, real careful with that. Overfertilizing trees -- and pines do not generally need fertilizer IME -- leads to lush weak and *disease-prone* growth. Particularly if this is one of the pine species that has Bad Diseases and Pests currently going 'round, e.g. austrian black pine or white pine, I would be reaaallll leery of fertilizing it.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat