Growing Tomatoes

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I did have someone offer me a good (free) supply of chicken manure. Is there any benefit to chicken poo vs cow poo? Should I try the chicken manure? It seems I read somewhere (been doing a ton of reading on all the different plants I have going) that chicken manure was better for tomatoes.

i don't know if you know this or seen any posts i've mentioned it in but for the first 17 years of my life we lived and worked on a chicken farm for laying hens, then after the Corps i worked off and on for about five more before i went looking for some different.

chicken sh@@ will sure make things grow but if your not careful it will burn your garden up. it's loaded with nitrogen.

we use to sell it by the truck load back in the day, and out here before all the land speculators started buying up all the property people would line the 2 mile road that lead to the farm in late Feb and March for their gardens and yards.

we also raised a small heard of cattle and hogs, and would spread it over the pastures in spring and summer for the cattle.
nothing funnier than watching the cattle following the sh@@ truck spreading the chicken sh@@ eating it.

nothing funnier than watching the cattle following the sh@@ truck spreading the chicken sh@@ eating it.

That would be a sight to see. 

I read some articles a few minutes ago that did say that chicken poop is really good for growing tomatoes. One article did have it at the top of the list. It said to make sure you let it dry out really well before using due to the fact that it is so strong. I may try it next time j fertilize. From what I'm hearing the plant should start producing tomatoes soon.