"Bob Walsh" wrote in
:


Mark,

Are you growing outside?

I tried it with an ailing cym in an inside growing area and found it
almost oderless. I also found my fungus gnats loved it.

The cym died by the way, but probably would have anyway.

Bob


"Mark_OK" wrote in message
. net...

In a Yahoo Orchid group there was a thread on potting in horse
manure. Having a couple of horses and a few plants needing repotting
I thought I would try a little horse manure. My first thought after
doing the repotting was I wonder if the smell will ever diminish not
that I find horse manure offensive. Has anybody else tried this? I
really can't see switching over to manure but if we don't experiment
we will never know.

The website is http://www.boschnet.net/horsemanure/

--
Mark Edson
Waukomis Oklahoma, USA


Dusty wrote:
I may have missed some of the horse manure discussion but let me add
fresh is bad as it will burn your roots. Horse manure that has been
composted over winter is good when used in moderation with Cym's. It's
even more fantastic when used on rose and vegetable gardens.

No Dusty, by missing some of the discussion, you missed the point. They
were talking about Nic van den Bosch's method. Not just using horse
manure as a fertilizer, but as the entire growing medium. Why it doesn't
burn the roots, I do not know. He used pure, fresh, horse manure and if
you look at his site, it seems to work pretty well. Start he
http://www.boschnet.net/horsemanure/potting%20info.htm
Then go to the "results photos" using the link at the top or bottom of
that page.

Steve