"Robert" wrote in message
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"michael adams" wrote in message
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: "Jane" wrote in message
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: I have a pile of fresh manure for my allotment. I know the manure has
to
: rot down in a heap for 6 months to a year before use, however, if the
beds
: are empty of all crops until spring can I spread the manure on the
soil
: now
: and let it rot in situ?
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: Thanks.
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: Presumably it benefits from any heat being generated internally in the
: heap. Spreading it on the surface will dissapate any heat and slow down
the
: decomposition process.
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: michael adams
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On the other hand you are duplicating the way nature would work

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But nature doesn't usually start off with a blank canvas each season.
Grazing animals don't usually kill off the vegetation on which they
feed. Rather, their grazing actually stimulates it into further growth
in many instances.

michael adams

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