[Brassica Blaz]

hi all.ive bought some chicken poo pellets to try this season,i thought they might be a good alternatve to manure spreading that I have done on most of my beds but on a few im going to just sprinkle a few pellets into each planting hole of my corn and savoy and toms and cues in the g/h .I wondered if this is the best way to use them or do you scatter them on the top around the plant.? any advice?

[Benandbill]

I can give an opinion but cannot promise it's right. 

1) Into the hole you're planting into will mean direct contact between acidic pellets and roots, therefore maybe too strong and could harm?
2) Around the soil - on top - as long as watered in with your can or plenty of rain should enrich the soil generally.

I have been using the chicken pellets and method 2 seems to work ok for me 

[JayG]

Dried chicken poo is a fertiliser which therefore only adds nutrients to the soil, whereas manure and compost are really for improving the condition of the soil, although they do contain some nutrients of course.

As ever, it partly depends on what type of soil you have and how quickly nutrients are leached away, but I think the best plan is to mix it into the upper surface of the soil so it gradually works its way down to the roots.
As B&B says (say?  ) it's not really a good idea to use concentrated fertilisers in direct contact with any part of a plant.

The easiest way to do this when planting sweet corn is to sprinkle it round the plant after setting it and then just tickling it in with the trowel, but there's no need to be too fastidious about it.

[mumofstig]

Just to put my spanner in the works 
I always add a few pellets to the planting hole and stir them in, fill the hole with water - let it drain away and then put the plant in  Werks fer me............

Later on, if anything looks as if it needs a boost, then I'll sprinkle some around the plant and tickle it in 

[Brassica Blaz]

thanks for that guys.

[sunshineband]

I do the tickling thing too