Hello Friends! I Am sure most of us are familiar with Cow dung and horse dung in gardening
and farming. But How about using Goat Dung or the Sheep Dung. Yes, in this episode we
will look into the 10 benefits of using goat droppings for enriching your soil, and whether
we can use fresh goat pellets directly on your plants without decomposing. Thats Coming
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Many studies and research articles on goat dung as a fertilizer have been published on
international journals. All of them say, Goat manure is one of the best animal manures for
healthy soil and plants, specially for backyard organic vegetable gardening. And if you have
couple of goats with you for their milk or whatever purpose, you should never throw away
their droppings. You will learn a lot of important stuff about goat dung by the end of this video.
Please watch it till the end and learn how to use it and how much to use in your home
gardening or container gardening. This is even available online at amazon. You
can find a link in description of this video. So lets begin:
1. Goat or sheep pellets are very much Dry compared with cow dung or horse dung. Hence
these are very easy to collect or store. 2. It is Virtually odourless and hence easy
to work with and easy to spread on your soil Directly. You cannot directly apply cowdung
or horsedung without decomposing, because this can burn your plants.
3. Its relatively Free of insects and maggots unlike cow-dung. But drying in sulight for
2 to 3 days before using or before storing is always better.
4. It�s a Cheap and Best Organic Fertilizer for your plants: As I said earlier, the pellets
can be used for direct applications to flower and vegetable gardens without the fear of
getting your plants burnt. 5. Goat pellets contains lots of nutrients,
the Major NPK elements � Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium, and many trace elements like
Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, Manganese and many others. The Nitrogen value may be higher than
cowdung or horse dung especially when these goat pellets are mixed with goats urine, whether
by default or by using some goat beds specially created to increase its nitrogen value. In
this case, composting this prior to application is recommended.
6. This manure Increases Flowering and Fruiting and Promotes overall Plant growth. Goat droppings
can be used in nearly any type of garden, including that of flowering and fruiting plants
or vegetables. 7. Use Goat dropping in your compost bin.
It not only enriches your final compost value, but also it decomposes very faster. This is
because pelletized droppings allow more airflow into compost piles, which speeds up composting
time as well. 8. It�s a Low-cost Pure Organic Fertilizer
for your vegetable gardening. You can get it for almost free specially when you visit
any rural area or you can also get it for free in cities. You know how I collected these
pellets? These were collected during the Bakrid festival where you see lot of sheep brought
into the city and homes. You get lots of this to collect and save for the whole year. For
me this is the most important benefit. Because I never use any chemicals for my vegetable
gardening, not even a chemical pesticide. Well..
9. Goat dung is also an Excellent soil conditioner: you can mix it while making your potting mix,
similar to how to add decomposed cowdung into your mix. You can watch a related video on
this, from a link here at top right corner of this video.
10. Mulching: for beginners, A mulch is a layer of material applied to the top surface
of soil to prevent moisture evaporation, reduce weed growth like grass clipping, twigs, wood
chips, bark chips, dry leaves, hay and so on..
One Caution regarding Fresh Sheep dropping or any animal manure for that matter - Just
because goat manure is a natural product doesn't mean it's completely safe. They can release
disease causing microorganisms into the food chain that can make you sick. So better always
sun dry completely for 2 -3 days before application or compost it and then use.
Now How to use and how much to use? This is an organic fertilizer. So you can use it similar
to how you use cowdung or horse dung. A handful of this on a container once every 15 days
for flowering plants or Once in 30 days for your other general plants. Make sure you Apply
this after raking or tilling the top layer of your soil.
So, there we have it folks, that was a short episode on goat or sheep dung as fertilizer
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