Many types of animal manure can provide plant nutrients — if you utilize them correctly . Dairy cow manure is very rich in nitrogen , phosphorus and caustic potash , which are essential plant nutrients . If you had one moo-cow , she would produce 27,000 pound of this rude substance each class , according to the Arlington ( Virginia ) Organic Gardening Club . You must compost cow manure or mix it with water supply to make " manure afternoon tea " because brisk , uncomposted manure can combust your eggplants .

Fresh Cow Manure Can Be Too Strong

unused cow manure is very secure . It can burn the roots of aubergine and many other plants if you propagate it around the base of your plants without compost it first . Although the N - P - K proportion of cow manure looks modest equate to chemical fertilizers ( it ’s about .25-.15-.25 , according to GardenMonsters.org ) , it contains no makeweight or other ingredients that plant can not use . It ’s wise to compost cow manure with other plant life fabric such as fallen leaves and grass clip for at least two months before you apply it to your eggplant .

Best to Plan Ahead

The Arlington Organic Gardening Club advises that you harvest all of your eggplants in fall and pull out the spend plants . Then cover the area where you will be growing next summer ’s eggplants with six inches of fallen leaves or compost and about 3/4 column inch of moo-cow manure on top . Later , in wintertime or other spring , as soon as you could work your dirt , dig the manure / compost mixture into your soil . The manure will compost justly in your garden over the winter and finish its compost physical process in the soil where you will later plant next summer ’s eggplants , giving them valuable nourishment without burning the plants .

Eggplants Can Get Too Much Nitrogen

Texas A&M University reports that eggplant and other vegetables can become " tall , spindly and unproductive " if you give them too much of the plant nutrient nitrogen . This can happen if you use prominent amounts of cow manure to fertilize your eggplant bush . If you acknowledge that your plant are tall-growing , and they are not producing prime and fruit , cut back on the amount of cow manure compost you course them . If you have dug lots of cow manure into your planting area , it could be cause this to happen . The only way to remedy the situation is to dig your eggplants out of the ground and transplant them to an domain that does not contain any cow manure , or that contain only a small amount of it .

Helps Eggplants’ Soil

When you impart cow manure to your eggplants ' growing expanse , it helps the industrial plant by making the filth hold urine that the plants need , and it also gives the soil a good body structure , result in easy , fluffy soil that does n’t become compacted , according to the Plantea.com . grievous stiff land can do good greatly when you add cow manure . Eggplants need well - drained soil that is full of nutrients , and this is what moo-cow manure provide .

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