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billious
Hi all, I bought a couple of bags of 6X fertiliser for my veg yesterday, it stinks which got me looking last night into what's in it:

This is what the manufacturers say:
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6X Natural Fertiliser - a 100% natural organic fertiliser with a balanced pH of 6.8. It's environmentally friendly, contains no peat or chemicals and is oven heated at over 250°C to provide a sterilised, weed and pathogen free natural organic fertiliser. 6X Natural Fertiliser has been produced in the U.K. for over 40 years and is a fully tried, tested and trusted product. Since 6X Natural Fertiliser is six times richer than farmyard manure, it provides balanced nutrition for shrubs, flower beds, vegetables and lawns and is extraordinarily economical


Which doesn't say much, a google search found this:
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The new formulation of 6X natural fertiliser is made totally from UK ingredients and now complies with current demands from gardeners for greener products with a low carbon footprint. What's more it also puts animal welfare high on the agenda, with its battery free credentials.

The new 6X reduces production miles because all of its constituents now hail from within just 30 miles of the Somerset base. The product also supports an empathy with animal welfare too. Managing Director Roger Cumisky told Gardenforum, "Because of the recent drive on hen welfare and poultry stocking densities, bird welfare is now a paramount consideration and I am very keen to make sure that the litter we take is coming from reputable deep litter houses, where they meet all the RSPCA Freedom Food requirements."

Keen gardeners know the best way to improve and enhance garden health is to feed the soil. "6X recycles a waste product and turns it into a first class organic fertiliser, which is chemical free."


So am I right to assume this stuff is chicken dropping from chicken broiler sheds? I assume by "organic" they just mean made from organic material as opposed to inorganic material, rather than in the chemical contamination sense or animal welfare sense?
potsmoker93
No idea matey, thought i would bump it anyway.
Toneblerone
My Grandad used this stuff on his veggies and I know what you mean about the stink,30 years later I can still smell it,do you think carbon would be man enough to hide that?

Mind you if its still as ripe as I remember it you would'nt need carbon no one within half a mile would smell anything else.
chickenlipsr4
I have some for veg but I wondered if it might be too hot for canna. I'm sure I read chicken manure is hot somewhere. Anyhow has anyone actually used it cos I too would be interested to know.
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