How good is 6x manure

[rary]

I am going to plant some leeks where I had potatoes, as I think I will need add some feeding to the ground what will be the best, I have what you might call a strong growmore N.P.K. 16x16x16 I also have a bag of 6x manure, so my question is, have you used 6x and do you think it is as good or better than the growmore

[Snadger]

I think 6X as it used to be (based on cow manure not chicken manure) is a good organic soil structure improver rather than a straight feed. Growmore is a cheap and nasty inorganic (BFB is the organic equivalent) way of getting short term results in my opinion and is a pure feed.

[Potstubsdustbins]

I quite like Growmore it is probably the only fertilizer to help win a war.

First developed in the early 1940s by George Munro & Son to help with the dig for victory campaign.

But as Snadger says pure feed and will do nothing to improve soil quality.

[Mr Bones]

I use 6X chicken manure pellets and rate it highly, particularly as a top dressing and for adding nitrogen. (I use BFB more at planting time). 6X and BFB don't kill beneficial soil microbes like the chemical based fertilisers can, plus 6X can be made into liquid feed. I run our allotment trading shed and it seems all the best gardeners on site use it.

[Snoop Puss]

Bit of both maybe? Perhaps not so much Growmore, but just a bit for a quick boost?

[Cadalot]

Would the clue be in the name?
6 times better than just plain manure!

OK couldn't help it, I have no idea

[rary]

Thanks Folks, may try Snoops suggestion and try a bit of both as the bed had several bags of seaweed dug into it prior to planting the potatoes, but think it might need a quick boost for the leeks
and Cadalot this is what its all about education man, education

[cptncrackoff]

I love 6x!
I've been using it for two years now.. A little bit dug in before planting out, a bit mixed with compost on the asparagus..around the rhubarb.. around the pumpkins, also made a 'tea' with it!
A little really does go a long way..

Have a shop about, I have seen it for £12-£18 per bag but managed to find a localish garden centre that do two bags for £15.. I'm finding a bag lasts me a year!

Good luck!

[Baldy]

Offtopic - Used to be my 'go to ' beer

Drink it and put the waste on your compost pile

[Mr Growser...]

(You would say that, Balders, and I'd agree with you - it's a marvellous beer)!

We use 6x continuously as a liquid feed.

I hang a plastic bag with a couple of shovels-full inside a water butt for a couple of days, then dilute it roughly 1:4 with rainwater to feed everything once a week.

We now have some pretty disgusting comfrey and nettle tea as well, so I usually mix them all to save time.

The leeks and onions just love it, as do most things it seems, there's not a lot of rocket science, just a knowledge that there's at least something complementing the BFB, and other stuff which costs a fortune...

[bario1]

Is anyone really convinced that feeding plants makes any difference? I mean, I've got Himalayan Balsam plants that double in size every day in the 'poorest' bits of my plot. And kale plants that look the same as the day they were planted out two months ago, in full sun and with weekly feeds of nettle tea... ?

[rary]

I have two pots with tumbling tomato plants in them one I am feeding every third day the other maybe once a week and with the first tomatoes off them there is a notable difference in taste, plus the regularly fed one was fruiting first

[Gordon the gardener]

I put a sprinkling in my planting holes for squashes, cucumbers, courgettes, runner beans, tomatoes etc, dug a trench for my spuds and a sprinkling in there, a dusting around my sweetcorn in fact just about everywhere and had what can only be described as one hell of a great season. Already got a bag for this year, marvellous stuff.

[Babru]

I've never used this, but may give it a go. The fact that you can make a liquid feed too makes it even more useful.

[burnie]

My Dad started using 6x back in the 1960's or 70's, I have used it off and on, I think it is chicken manure, so it seems great for leaf growth, I tend to use it to top dress container plants including Strawberries.