Rabbit droppings persist, in terms of the fertilizing value, leaving the bird, except that they are low in potassium. Therefore, they should be carefully collected and carefully stored under a cover or taken to a compost heap and covered with peat or soil..
Bird and rabbit fertilizer is perfect for making liquid fertilizer, used for watering plants. These fertilizers, fermented with water, they work fast, because rabbit and bird faeces contain a lot of urine with easily decomposing nitrogen compounds. For fermentation on 10 And water should be taken 1,5-3 kg of bird manure. After fermentation is complete, the solution is diluted with water 10-20 times. This solution is used for watering, just like the slurry, in the months of May-June. Plants more demanding, like for example.: tomatoes, cabbage, kalafiory, should be watered 2- or 3 times during the growing season. Fruit trees and shrubs can be fed with such a solution from early spring to autumn, using a dilution with water in the ratio of 1:1. Such a solution is poured into 10-15 cm furrows dug around trees or shrubs. For every 2-3 m of the furrow, one watering can of this solution is given and then the furrows are covered with earth.
Krowiec, that is, an aqueous solution of cow manure, contains nitrogen that is more difficult for plants to absorb than liquid manure nitrogen. Therefore, flaxseed works slower than liquid manure, but longer. Having this fresh fertilizer at my disposal, it should be poured in a barrel with a little water and left for two weeks, to ferment. Prepared in this way, it can be used for fertilizing permanent plants or plants with a long growing season. The readiness for use is recognized by this, that the liquid begins to fizz out. This is the most appropriate moment to apply. A solution is prepared for watering vegetables, adding to 0,5 And a cowboy 10 liters of water. Fruit trees and bushes can be fed with a solution prepared from 1 And the cowboy and 10 And water.
Tree bark, easily accessible, can be successfully used as an organic fertilizer in gardens, in an amount 0,5-2,0 m3 na 100 m2, or for composting. Using bark to fertilize the soil, which contains a large amount of organic substances, remember to increase the doses of nitrogen fertilizers by 30-50% in relation to the normally used doses for a given plant species. The bark should be used in the fall, including the addition of a horticultural mixture, e.g. polyphos (about 4 kg in 100 m2); then mix everything by digging.
Better and faster results are obtained with cortical composts, which the wood industry is preparing. Composting accelerates the microbial decomposition of the bark. When composting, the bark can be mixed with plant waste. In order to accelerate the action of microorganisms, urea is added to the composted bark in an amount 2-4 kg and chalk or calcium-carbonate fertilizer in the amount of 8-10 kg in 1 m3 of bark and everything is mixed thoroughly. The bark can also be composted with chicken manure, giving on 7 or 10 buckets of shredded bark 1 a bucket of this fertilizer. Composted bark should be spread when the temperature inside the pile drops significantly, what follows 4-5 weeks after putting it to sleep (the width of the pile at the base should not exceed 2 m, and the height 1,2 m). This treatment should be repeated when the temperature drops again. After 3-5 months the compost is ready.
Bone ash can also be used as a phosphorus fertilizer, therefore, waste of all kinds of bones should be collected at home (fish too). In the fall, during garden cleanup, the collected bones are burned and scattered over the entire cultivated area just before digging up the soil. If there are perennial plants in the garden, they should be sprinkled with ashes around them and gently, so as not to damage the roots, mix thoroughly with the soil.
Garbage and municipal waste composts are produced only by some city cleaning companies and sold in bulk (sometimes with delivery to the allotment garden). Such composts should contain at least 25-30% organic matter. They should also not contain over 0,1% glass or substances toxic to plants (unfortunately, as reported by prof. On. Kossowski, the compost produced by the country's largest Utilization Plant in Warsaw contains approx 0,23% glasses). This compost contains: 40% organic matter, 1,20% nitrogen, 0,35% phosphorus, 0,92% potassium, 5,25% calcium in dry matter.
Compost from the waste of a plot of land, obtained as previously mentioned, is a very valuable organic fertilizer. The fertilizing value of these composts depends on the composted material, which it may be: tree or peat ash, soot, potato and tomato haulm, fresh weeds, bones, kitchen waste, street sweepers, etc.. The material collected in one pile should decompose at about the same time. If the material is nitrogen-poor, np.: sunflower stalks, taste, straw, that decompose slowly, organic substances rich in this ingredient should be added to accelerate the decomposition, e.g. remains of legume plants (pea, beans), manure or bird droppings. A stubborn weed – couch grass should be composted separately, because it breaks down very slowly.