On 10/15/2015 11:36 AM, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
On 10/15/2015 6:30 AM, Frank wrote:
On 10/14/2015 10:31 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
buckwheat wrote:

spreading horse manure in my garden, should i till it into soil now?

Unless that manure was properly hot composted your garden will be
inundated by an unbelieveable array of noxious weeds. Free manure is
never a gift, it's a plague.


Years ago, organic farmer that posted here, said he did not like
manure as it contained pesticides sprayed on it.

A lot of times stables use pesticides to keep the flies down, and that
may end up in the manure. Medications taken by the horses may be present
in manure as well. Some people care about this, others don't. If the
manure is composted that will help break that stuff down.

If you live in the northern hemisphere (meaning cold temperatures are
approaching), and the manure is not composted and you are determined to
use it, till it in after spreading it. You want the nitrogen in the
manure to be in the soil, not running off of the frozen ground over the
winter/spring with the rain and snow.

There is a lot on the web about this.

Herbicides also mentioned he

https://extension.umd.edu/learn/gard...ost-and-manure

All these chemicals have finite lifetimes but they vary. I certainly
would not put fresh manure in my vegetable garden. Now I'd worry about
the garden for the rest of my property.