Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
I don't think my land has been owned by an actual farmer/rancher for 30 years but i believe the rancher that sold it back then still took hay bales off it until 4 or 5 years ago. The nutrient levels in the soil are quite low. I've been able to do ok growing some plots but would really like to improve fertility without tilling in or surface broadcasting a bunch of pellet fertilizer.
I've not seen much discussed in regards to how would would even go about using turkey or chicken litter or cow manure spread. I have easy access to one area where i'd probably want 6 or so acres amended. The tough spot would be my back plot (1.5 acre) which uses access through a neighbor's parcel and even my 6' flail mower is pretty tight through the woods.
I'm going to start by bouncing the question off a couple neighbors with small cattle operations but would like any insight from others.
Would liquid fert from an ATV sprayer be a feasible path? From what I gather that seems way more expensive than on a per nutrient # basis than pelletized fertilizer but maybe would be nice to not have all the salt? I already have a low ph.
I've not seen much discussed in regards to how would would even go about using turkey or chicken litter or cow manure spread. I have easy access to one area where i'd probably want 6 or so acres amended. The tough spot would be my back plot (1.5 acre) which uses access through a neighbor's parcel and even my 6' flail mower is pretty tight through the woods.
I'm going to start by bouncing the question off a couple neighbors with small cattle operations but would like any insight from others.
Would liquid fert from an ATV sprayer be a feasible path? From what I gather that seems way more expensive than on a per nutrient # basis than pelletized fertilizer but maybe would be nice to not have all the salt? I already have a low ph.