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On Wed, 5 May 2004 23:01:18 +0100, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:


I wouldn't use manure in any beds where you plan to grow carrots or
parsnips this year.


Is that just for reasons of 'taste'

No, I happily use it for potatoes, beans etc which like rich feeding.

- or something more fundamental
altogether? Most of the manure I'll be putting at the bottom of the
beds has been rotted down for a good four or five months already, will
that make a difference?

Not really.

If you plant carrots and parsnips in recently manured ground, they
will fork and split.

Janet.