Many owners are interested in how to use pig manure for fertilizing the garden. In this article we will talk about the use of both fresh pig manure and humus, we will help you properly fertilize the soil or dispose of the residues.
Can pig manure be used as fertilizer
Pig manure, as well as cattle waste (cattle) or chickens, used as a plant food. However, this fertilizer has its own characteristics.
Characteristics of pig manure:
- rich in nitrogen;
- has increased acidity (can spoil chernozem soils);
- little calcium;
- poor heat dissipation;
- long decomposition period.
Thus, the introduction of pig manure in slightly acidic soils will make them unsuitable for plants. If the waste is buried in a soil rich in humus, its quality deteriorates. However, a large amount of nitrogen adds to the value of porcine excrement, which, when mixed with other additives, can enrich the soil with the necessary trace elements.It is not worth to compare pork wastes with cows, as cattle manure in any case will be much more nutritious and beneficial for plants. At this stage rotting and composition are also different.
Types of pig manure
Before proceeding to the use of fertilizer, it is important to understand at what "stage" is humus. Knowing that swine dung is rotting for a long time, it is left for a certain time for "ripening" in order to put the most suitable substance into the ground.
Fresh
Pork excrement that lasted less than six months.
Such fertilizer is dangerous for vegetation for several reasons: it contains a huge amount of nitrogen, which leaves burns on the plant; contains seeds of weed plants that did not have time to fade; bacteria, viruses, worms, and other parasites infested with waste damage plants and humans.
Thus, fresh pig manure as a fertilizer can not be used. At best, you will very strongly oxidize the soil; at worst, you will make it unsuitable for planting crops.
If you still intend to bring fresh manure into the soil, first reduce its acidity with lime (50 g per 1 bucket) and mix with horse manure 1: 1.
Did you know? In the Orthodox branch of Eastern Christianity, pig meat was banned along with the ban on the use of carrion.
Half broken
Half-burnt is manure, which has lain from 6 to 12 months. This manure is still a very large amount of moisture and weed seeds, however, fewer harmful bacteria and microorganisms.
Half-ripped pork manure can be added to the soil to improve its quality. Its close up in the late fall with a dosage of 2-3 kg per 1 square. m
If excrement is used at the time of rapid growth or flowering, it should be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10.
Important! Half-ripe manure is still dangerous for plants, so do not exceed the specified norms.
Such a fertilizer is well perceived by such crops as cabbage, zucchini, cucumber and pumpkin.
Also, pork manure will be a good fertilizer for crops that are demanding to the presence of nitrogen in the soil. It is important to understand that after the introduction of semi-matured manure, other nitrogen-containing additives can not be made.
Dead
Dead manure has an age from 1 to 2 years. In such manure, harmful microorganisms and weed seeds are almost completely absent.
Exterminated excrement loses half of its mass, the amount of moisture in them decreases, and they darken. If there was straw in the remains, then it becomes dark and easily disintegrates.
Dead manure can be called "almost ready." Bring it in when digging with the calculation of 6-7 kg per 1 square. m. If the manure is fed in the form of an aqueous solution, then you need to mix 2 parts of overheated waste with 10 parts of water.
Important! The rate of decay increases if pork manure is mixed with horse.
Humus
EIf the pig manure lasts more than two years, it turns into a full-fledged humus. This is the most valuable organic fertilizer, which has a minimum of moisture and a maximum of useful substances.
At the same time humus loses a large amount of nitrogen, and therefore does not pose a danger to the roots of plants. It can also be applied to substrates of different quality without harm to the latter.
Pork humus can be applied to the soil in spring or autumn in a ratio of 1: 4.
The ideal option for complex fertilizer is a mixture of horse and pork humus. You can also use a mixture of pork and cow humus.
How to use pig manure
We turn to the proper use of pig manure. If pork humus can be applied to the ground without fear, then half-rotted or fresh waste, if improperly applied, poses a threat to the vegetation and the person himself.
Therefore, we analyze the use of pork manure.
Did you know? The domestication of pigs first occurred in China around the eighth millennium BC.
Compost
The most optimal fertilizer option is compost pig manure. In addition to additional nutritional value, composting eliminates the unpleasant smell of excrement.
It is prepared as follows: manure is put in layers, which are replaced by straw, sawdust or leaves. Take care that the compost is in contact with the ground, otherwise the earthworms will not be able to go into the ground for the winter (the speed of decay depends on them). Additional organic matter in the form of plant residues will add nutrition to the future of humus.
After properly preparing the heap and laying the leaves or straw in it, you need to wait about a year before the compost is ready.
To get rid of humus parasites and their eggs, make a pile of loose manure. This is achieved by increasing the area and reducing the height of the compost pile.
Ready compost is loose, dark, smells like soil or does not smell at all. If the pile carries rot, then the waste is not perepravayut, and rot. This is due to lack of oxygen. Stir the pile or increase the area under it and the smell will disappear.
Bring in the finished compost only during the spring digging, embedding it in the ground. Use in the form of mulch is not recommended.
Such processing of pork manure into fertilizer will help recycle not only excreta, but also biological residues from the vegetable garden. As a result, you will receive a free complex fertilizer, which is enough for more than one year of use.
Important! The finished compost does not lose its properties for three years.
Laying in the ground for the winter
Fresh pork manure can be laid in the ground for the winter. For this, a hole is dug no more than two meters deep. Manure is laid in it and covered with earth. The layer of earth should be at least 20-25 cm for the processes to proceed faster.
By spring, you will get an analogue of semi-excreta. Further use of pig manure - entering into the soil in the autumn digging in small quantities or in a pair with horse manure.
Important! Since fresh pig manure is very sour, you can spoil the soil near the compost pit, so choose a site away from plantings.
Thinning pork manure
Pig manure can be diluted with water or added with the addition of lime. However, the most effective use of fresh manure - insistence.
To do this, prepare a tank that can hold the required volume of manure and the same amount of water. Dilute excrement with water 1: 1 and insist for a week. During this time, the pathogenic bacteria will die, and the amount of nitrogen will decrease to an acceptable rate.
After infusion, the solution is diluted as follows: 10 liters of water are taken for 1 liter of slurry. Diluted infusion water the plants in the garden in the evening. To do this, dig shallow grooves and fill them with top dressing.
Important! Watering can not be done at the root, otherwise the plant can get sick.
Pork manure use
If you are thinking about the maximum utilization of pig manure, then this method will suit you.
In order to get the ashes, you need to burn dry excrement, initially drying the manure.
This method of disposal takes a huge amount of time, but in the end you will receive a concentrated amount of fertilizer that will occupy a small area.
During incineration, all bacteria, microorganisms and weed seeds are destroyed, making the ash safe for both plants and humans.
It is used as a mineral fertilizer. You need to make in the fall, during plowing, with the calculation of 1-1.5 kg of ash per 1 square. m
How to fertilize pork manure crops
Many farmers are interested in what to do with manure and humus from pigs. It can be used both to give the soil a neutral or slightly acidic pH, and to feed plants that need nitrogen fertilizers.
Virtually any vegetable and fruit crops deplete nitrogen in the soil (except legumes, which accumulate in the roots).
Humus and compost from pig manure is introduced in the autumn, during digging. Best of all this fertilizer is suitable for beets and potatoes, which give an excellent harvest. You can make when planting cucumbers, tomatoes and other familiar vegetables.
Diluted muck is poured into corn. When this solution flows into the aisle, at a maximum distance from the roots. On 1 square. m. pours no more than 2-3 liters of diluted fertilizer. Watering is carried out in the spring, when the plants go into rapid growth. Sludge is called "ammonia water." Dilute should be, as described above, 1:10 with water.
It is important to remember that after adding pig dust to the ground, a certain amount of time must pass before it begins to decompose properly, enriching the soil with useful substances. Plants will not be able to pull the substances they need from the manure, if it does not begin to break down into trace elements. However, this does not apply to ammonia water.
After entering into the soil gets a large amount of nitrogen, which is absorbed by the roots and immediately gives the effect. If the dose is exceeded, the consequences will be as if an overdose of ammonium nitrate. You can either kill the plant or get it unfit for human consumption.
Pig manure can be used to fertilize the soil, but its specificity makes it necessary to adhere to the instructions and recommendations. If you follow all the rules, you can usefully recycle waste and increase the yield.
