We use rabbit manure as fertilizer: collection and preparation of droppings

Application

Rabbit dung-based bait and compost have a high concentration of nutrients and are therefore used to fertilize seedlings and depleted soil. It is often used for planting carrots, table and sugar beets, cabbage or radishes. Litter must be used to fertilize the garden in order to prevent depletion of the land. This is especially true of the soil on which potatoes, cereals or other root crops and cereals are grown.

How to apply

Rabbit manure can be applied using the method that works best for you. And there are several of them. Each of them has both positive and negative sides.

Scattering

This option is the simplest, however, there is no guarantee of one hundred percent efficiency from it. It consists in the direct scattering of rabbit droppings directly in the garden. You need to get to work in autumn plowing or harvesting. It is recommended to carry the fertilizer throughout the fall and winter, since during this time the droppings may cool somewhat, decompose and partially freeze. The melt water will dissolve trace elements and recharge the soil.

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Slurry use

This type of fertilizer can rightfully be considered the most effective. It is used after preliminary watering of the area for feeding vegetable crops. To prepare it, you need a large container, such as a barrel. Half of it must be filled with rabbit droppings, and the rest must be filled with water. After that, the mass begins to ferment, most often this procedure lasts for ten days, during which it should be stirred. Before you start pouring the fertilizer, you need to dilute it with 5 times the amount of water.

Powder application

This method is used mainly by flower growers. To create a powder, the balls must be dried well in the sun or burned, and then rubbed on a simple metal mesh. Only one teaspoon is needed per bucket of earth. Mix everything thoroughly and put everything in a pot.

Compost and humus

The oldest and most effective method that makes it possible to get a large harvest. In this case, rabbit manure can make the plants stronger. Recycling the manure left over from rabbits is no different than any other. To create fertilizer, you need droppings, soil, and plant waste.

The resulting mass must be moistened with a solution of mineral additives and plain water. After 45 days, the fertilizer must be mixed and compacted. The compost should lie in the shade and under a tarp, if the heap was formed in the spring, then it can be used for the next winter. That's the whole secret of rabbit dung processing.The methods, although simple, are quite effective.

How to get and prepare droppings

You can get rabbit manure only after carrying out certain manipulations, or rather, arranging a cage for rabbits. It is necessary to make slots or holes in the floor through which excrement will come out. Many livestock breeders use an ordinary metal grate as the bottom, under which there are special trays for waste. It is possible to use rabbit manure only after carrying out preparatory work in its pure form, it is strongly not recommended to fertilize the garden with droppings.

Procurement and storage

The most common way to collect manure is composting. As described above, rabbit droppings can be mixed with soil, leaves, and any other manure. Most importantly, do not forget to stir the pile and water.

This preparation method is also the most reliable storage method. Fertilizer must be protected from drying out, but even if this happened, you should not be upset. Even in this case, useful elements are retained in it (up to 50%). You can make liquid groundbait from dry litter.

Why it is worth giving up fresh

Rabbit manure is not recommended to be used in its pure form, since it is supersaturated with nitrogen, which, when decaying, releases substances harmful to the soil. Ammonia and methane are produced by it in large quantities and not only pollute the soil, but also have a depressing effect on plants.

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