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"Adrian Colombini" writes:
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| At our allotments a local stables has set up an agreement whereby they can
| dump all their horse manure. It is straw and without pesticides.
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| My question is;
| If I top dress a bed with 10" of manure then will it be safe to plant in
| come next march? Also what do people think re root crops in manured ground,
| Pippa Greenwood in her book says that is no problem but I'm sure I have
| heard otherwise.

Almost certainly it will be ready to dig in by then - 3 months of
rain and above freezing temperatures will break it down fairly
well. If we have a hard winter, then it will not break down.

Root vegetables may fork or produce a bit too much foliage, but
otherwise there should be no problem. For normal use, don't
worry.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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