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Is Manure good for the fig tree?

Is manure good for the fig tree?
What type and how much?
Whats the best age to start using it?
I can get from horse mixed with a little hey ( straws), is that ok?

I WOULD mix it with leaves and lawn clippings let it rot and make some good compost .

I think manure is very good for figs. I get some from a local stable that hasn't seen a horse in a long time - it's already well-composted. I mix it about 1/3 with whatever other mix I am using. The figs do really well with it.

I start using it in the first transplanting to gallon containers after the roots of the cutting are very well formed. Better to wait too long so the root ball won't be disturbed than to transplant too soon and damage the roots by falling apart. This requires patience. :)

using some biocompost that smells like manur a bit and the leafs are much greener and bigger and the fig tree grows like a weed.
i have so much compost that i use it as mulch also.
be carfull with using too much compost or manure for young trees less them 1 foot in height.
also check this: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1258&context=animalscinbcr
trees like basic soils?
maybe other memebrs think different ?

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using some biocompost that smells like manur a bit and the leafs are much greener and bigger and the fig tree grows like a weed.<BR>i have so much compost that i use it as mulch also.<BR>be carfull with using too much compost or manure for young trees less them 1 foot in height.<BR>also check this: <A href="http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1258&context=animalscinbcr" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1258&context=animalscinbcr</A><BR>trees like basic soils?<BR>maybe other memebrs think different ?


Do i still fertilize if i use manure?

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<P>are u 100% organic or not? <BR><BR>found this in google <A href="http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/use-organic-inorganic-fertilizers-2536.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/use-organic-inorganic-fertilizers-2536.html</A></P>


I want to go organic when i plant my first fig tree

What will make the fig taste better, fertilizing it or going organic?
What will make this fig tree grow faster?

Get bunny poop. It's perfect stuff and it will not burn anything. Fool proof. You can just throw it anywhere.

Whatever you use, be careful. As Michael suggested, some fresh manures burn, especially cow manure. Vegetable manures are safer, but might still need to cure. Your horse manure is probably mixed with straw, not hay. Straw is the left over cuttings from harvesting wheat and oats, used for bedding. Hay is fresh grass or alfalfa, used for food. They have different nutritive values to the soil.

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Get bunny poop. It's perfect stuff and it will not burn anything. Fool proof. You can just throw it anywhere.


Bunny poop? Were can i find THAT, i live in the city.
I I heard chicken poop is the best

I would not use chicken poop....way to strong....trust me, I grew up on a poultry farm.  You will certainly burn your figs.  Bunny poop is indeed good....I use that without any problem.  If you can get horse manure, let it age for a few weeks and you should be fine.  As for a source of manure, check with the zoo...they have to do something with it....lol...

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I would not use chicken poop....way to strong....trust me, I grew up on a poultry farm.  You will certainly burn your figs.  Bunny poop is indeed good....I use that without any problem.  If you can get horse manure, let it age for a few weeks and you should be fine.  As for a source of manure, check with the zoo...they have to do something with it....lol...


You are right, the ZOO

Thanks for the tip

Do i mix it with the soil or do i just put it right on top?

In Seattle the zoo packages the "doo" and then they have weekend events to sell their "ZOODOO".

You could buy a bunny :)

One of the issues with manure is the salts in it. If you have heavy or clay type soils, leaching those salts out of the root zone can be an issue. If you have sand or decomposed Granite (DG), which drains really quickly, it is less of an issue. Anything organic is generally good for the soil.

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<P>are u 100% organic or not? <BR><BR>found this in google <A href="http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/use-organic-inorganic-fertilizers-2536.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/use-organic-inorganic-fertilizers-2536.html</A></P>


Thanks for the link

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In Seattle the zoo packages the "doo" and then they have weekend events to sell their "ZOODOO".<br><br>You could buy a bunny :)


That's not a bad idea, maybe i can buy 1 or 2 bunnies and
fence them under the fig tree lol

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One of the issues with manure is the salts in it. If you have heavy or clay type soils, leaching those salts out of the root zone can be an issue. If you have sand or decomposed Granite (DG), which drains really quickly, it is less of an issue. Anything organic is generally good for the soil.


Thank for the info

I think you may be on to something. Little fences around the fig trees and you could rotate the bunnies every day. No grass under the trees and lots of free fertilizer. I love it!

Scratch the bunnies. They will eat the bark off the tree.

I just bought 10 50lb bag rabbit manure for the spring from my local farmer.. :). At $4 a bag I think it was a bargain. Check your local Craigslist.

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If Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey comes to your town give the arena a call. At the Meadowlands, people line up to take the Elephant doo away. Way too powerful to use straight, needs a little aging first. Read about it in my local paper, never used it  

I raise rabbits and the manure from them is really the best.  You can use it fresh and just scatter it around or work it in to the soil.  While some may argue you can do the same with horse manure.  Horses are very inefficient digesting their food so the manure is high in raw plant fibers.  Weed seeds also pass through the horses which can be a problem.  I get about a pick up load a week of manure mixed with pine shavings from the doc that lives around the corner.  It is probably 90% pine shavings.  I use it on my blueberries but I let it mellow (rest) for 6 months to let the PH drop as horse urine has a very high PH....good for figs bad for blueberries.   I also have chickens (19) and ducks (22) they free range but are locked up at night to keep them safe and their manure while good is very potent and is best mixed with green and brown plant wastes and allowed to compost though I do use it straight around the bananas.  

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<P>are u 100% organic or not? <BR><BR>found this in google <A href="http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/use-organic-inorganic-fertilizers-2536.html" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://greenliving.nationalgeographic.com/use-organic-inorganic-fertilizers-2536.html</A></P>
I want to go organic when i plant my first fig tree What will make the fig taste better, fertilizing it or going organic? What will make this fig tree grow faster?


Everyone has their preferences, but when it comes to food crops, I prefer organic. 

I still fertilize, I just use organic fertilizers to do it.  I think of it more as feeding the soil than feeding the plants, since it's the soil that feeds the plants.

So, instead of a chemical fertilizer containing N/P/K and micro nutrients, you'd add things like Blood Meal, Bone Meal, Fish Meal, etc. and for the micro nutrients, something like rockdust (or a commercial organic fertilizer with the range of micro nutes).  Seaweed meal is expensive, but has the full range of micro and macro nutrients.

Animal manures also contain the full range of macro and trace elements, but you'd probably want to apply it regularly (once per month, or so) or supplement with other fertilizers, since it's low in some of the elements.

I should point out the the full range of macro & micro nutrients is not necessarily needed to grow a healthy plant, but to get the healthiest, most vigorous plant, and the most nutrition from the fruits/vegetables, the full range should be available.

If you have a spring-time parade in your area, you could always go near the end point and talk to the poop scoop troop when they get there.

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