rabbit droppings have a great nutrient ratio. Nitrogen 2.4%, Phosphorous 1.4% and Potassium 0.6%. On top of this it contains much micro organisms, trace elements and it improves the waterlevels in the soil. The droppings don't burn the roots and give there nutrients slowly! What do you want more?
Manure comparison
The quality between manure can be very big. Some manure actually cost allot of money to remove pig and chicken shit gives the most problems in big quantities. The least is rabbit, pidgeon and horse manure. This is because it slowly decomposes, has trace elements, a good nutrient ratio and micro-organisms.
Chemical fertiliser has only a good nutrient ratio but without the other benefits. It will slowly hurt the ground, make the plant less strong and pollutes the groundwater because it decomposes very fast. The last big drawback is that it's expensive and many countries have to much manure.
Composting
All manure needs to be composted for at least a year to avoid diseases. There are exceptions the like mushroom production were that risk has to be taken. The second option is to add the manure to the mulch and let the ground rest for a year. In the Netherlands cow manure is injected into the ground this is not a longterm plan. It hurts the groundwater and soil. To much manure only hurts the ground.
Avoid strong smells of manure and composting.
Manure is not only good it can also be dangerous. The animal can be sick or dangerous bacteria can end up on vegetables that you eat raw. Human and pig manure should never be used for your own vegetable garden. To kill bacteria we compost in a hot pile. Composting manure or animal remains has to be done correctly. The best ratio is 27,5:1 carbon:nitrogen. This explains why wood decomposes slowly.
The compost will start to smell if this ratio is 10:1. It can be even so bad that you can see the gas (nutrients) leaving the manure. To avoid this you have to add layers of carbon rich material (wood, grass, ashes, leaves) with nitrogen rich material ( manure, food, cadavers). Always end the layering with a carbon rich material. Chickens can help if you have much material to compost.
Testing the ground if manure is needed
The easiest way to detect what type of ground is in your garden is to look. If there is moss between your grass than it's acidic. Many types of plants can show you the acidity. Dig up some soil is it sandy, clay, loam or what is it! Buy some PH strips to test the soil.
When you investigated it you adapt your vegetation to it. You can't change the soil to grow what you want you need to adapt. I'm living on very acidic sand soil next to a big pineforest. The only things that really grow great is berries. Practically no vegetable will grow on my ground...
The golden mix compost, biochar and plant material.
If you plant and want them to give it a kickstart you can mix compost, plant material and activated biochar together. The mixed ground holds much water and is not compact. Roots can easily grow in the soft nutrient rich mix. Cover it with much of straw, sawdust or leavest. Don't mulch with grass this can give an explosion of unwanted weeds.
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