Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[TooCheep]

Thanks for confirming this. I've always heard that raw chicken manure is too "hot" (too high nitrogen) to use as fertilizer. Instead, it should be composted first.

I know that beans are very sensitive to herbicides and given that they fix nitrogen and need less than many other plants, it looks like you've run into the same effect here.

Trick for testing unknown soil... If you bring in outside soil and want to know if it contains any herbicides, plant some bean seeds in it and try to germinate them. They will either not germinate or will look rather sickly when they come up.

 

[bruceha2000]

Beans where there is fresh chicken manure.

A trial?

 

[R2elk]

A trial?

Nah, I knew what was going to happen. I knew I was going to have to replant them.

 

[bruceha2000]

So you did it just to show people what happens if you use "hot" litter?

I should be safe, I'm using stuff from the center (of 3) compost bins. Alpaca poo and hay, chicken coop shavings and poop, kitchen scraps. Nothing added to that bin since fall of 2021.

 

[R2elk]

So you did it just to show people what happens if you use "hot" litter?

I should be safe, I'm using stuff from the center (of 3) compost bins. Alpaca poo and hay, chicken coop shavings and poop, kitchen scraps. Nothing added to that bin since fall of 2021.

I did it just in case some of them came up.

 

[R2elk]

 

[R2elk]

Purple potato blossom

Nadia eggplant blossom

 

[R2elk]

9 lb. cabbage

 

[R2elk]

Time to pick.

 

[Molpet]

Time to pick.
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Glad you posted this. I need to check my broccoli