Pigeon poo.....any good?

[Brihassa]

Hi all, a pidgeon fancier friend of mine has offered me a trailer full of pidgeon poo which is mixed with sand, which he uses in his lofts.
Does anyone know if this is good and safe for my allotment.....I've obviously heard of horse and chicken manure but not too sure about pidgeon poo, also should I mix anything else in with it?
Thanks

[Bren In Pots]

Brihassa I don't have a clue so have a read at this older thread until someone comes along who can answer you :-

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...bad_62804.html

just noticed its your first post so hello and welcome to the vine

[Snadger]

My Dad use to work as a railwayman and used to collect dried, ancient pigeon guano from under the railway tunnels where the pigeons roosted, on his way home from work.

He thought it was great stuff for the garden.

[cheops]

My brother in law keeps pigeons. He had four rose bushes one of which was near to the outside tap. Every time he cleared out the poo from his pigeon shed and disposed of the poo from the bucket he would rinse out the empty bucket and throw the water from the bucket at the base of the closest rose bush. After a couple of months he couldn't understand why this one rose bush was far out performing the others. Then it clicked - it must be the rinse out of the bucket. Ever since then I regularly got some of the poo from him. I put it in a bag suspended in a barrel of water. Makes a great liquid feed. If you just stir some poo in a watering can I found tiny feathers in the liquid blocked the rose on the watering can.

[jonny the plant pot]

One of my neighbours collects pigeon plop and puts it in his compost .he has the best cabbages and collies along with is spuds on our site.

[Jay-ell]

Pigeo Poo is very high in nitrogen and used to be a source of saltpeter (potassium nitrate). It is probablt too strong to apply directly so I'd go with either adding it to the compost with alot of browns or the liquid feed method.

By the way pigeon poo was once an important industrial chemical as it was also used in the manufacturer of leather. It's still used for this purpose in North Africa and I have a very soft leather coat that had been soaked in pigeon poop (before I bought it during it's manufacture, although there was that time I fell asleep in Trafalgar Square)