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On a field near me a man was spreading very finely ash that he told me was from power stations that burn chicken manure as fuel. He gave me some and said only spread it thinly as it is very strong, I would have thought that this was not a very eficient fuel for power stations, perhaps some one could enlighten me, but more importantly has anyone any experience of the benifits of this ash and its aplication . It was being spread on a field where potatoes will eventually be planted. I await a reply with interest.
Regards Brenjon

Hello Brenjon
At a guess I would say that its main use is probably as a source of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus with possibly some potassium. If see your man again ask him if he has any of the bags that this stuff comes in as they should have an analysis printed on them.

John

I'd never heard of this before, but apparently it's not as strange as it may seem. The Dutch have a big problem with all kinds of manure. And I find the canny Scots have it sorted:-

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/pan/pan45-06.asp

Alan

Hi Brenjon,
I have been using this for the last two years from a local incinerator. The application should be in the region of 50grams per square metre for general use.
Because this is not a refined product when it is delivered there is no chemical analysis. The reason that it is burnt is to burn off the obnoxious gasses that exist in the medium and turn into electricity.
I believe the Dutch have had great difficulties with Pigs manure and I read somewhere that they now treat it with Limestone and the result is usable fertilizer and the limestone has miraculously become Gypsum.
This in turn is made into plasterboard which is used in the building trades.
What bugs me is that we always hear about the terrible problems, because they are newsworthy, and never hear about the way scientists have resolved these terrible problems. There are so many things that are occurring and we are kept in total ignorance. I feel this is a great pity.
JB.

Alan and Johnboy. Do you two never sleep? I spotted the time when you were posting your responses and am ashamed to say I was still in bed snoring my head off.

Primrose
When you posted your reply I was fast asleep after lunch

Alan

Dear Primrose, with all due respect, i wonder if your snoring is the reason for Alan and Johnboy to be about so early, i have heard it's pretty loud.

Oh, and by the way, the forum seems to be recording the wrong time (someone forgot to put the clock on last weekend ). I am posting this at 16.00. See what it tells you

Alan

Alan old chap, i think you have to alter the time on here yourself, but don't ask me how.

Alan, you have to change the clock yourself on your profile. Change the time zone to GMT+1 and you'll be fine.

Alan
When I did a posting this afternoon it came up in the old/winter time as well, OH. thinks you have to change the time yourself, I don't think so as I have just checked the time on my computer and it was the correct time and I hadn't changed it.

OH. To change the time if yours is the same as mine, double click on computer, then control panel, then day and date and follow the arrows up or down, I maybe telling my grandmother how to suck eggs, if so I apologize.
Bren

Bren, your computer will change automatically, it's the forum time you need to change manually.

Dear Bren you don't have to apologize, i know nothing.

OH.
You must know alot the way you keep chatting the ladies up,or are they chatting you?.

Chantal found profile and time zone, did as you said but do I sumit or reset now? I did click on one of them, its 10.40pm now
Bren

So you need to change it as per profile...... Sorry Bren.