"gunner" wrote in message
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"Dee" wrote in message

Fresh manure can be used as a top mulch, but IME it's very important
to make sure the manure does not directly touch any plants, as it
will cause problems (burning, stunting) otherwise. Top mulching of
the manure allows rain water to seep through it and down to the roots
of the plants, effectively giving them 'manure tea', while the
wormies go to work incorporating it into the soil. It may be that by
next spring there will be nothing left to turn under into the soil,
as the worms will have done it for you. That has been my experience,
anyway.

Mine too. Bloody good stuff is horse poo, but the Brits have had
problems with weed killers spread on pastures contaminating the poos -
it's then gone on to kill plants in gardens. I don't have this problem
in my country and it appears that the worst thing to do with the
weedkiller infested British horse poo is to pile it and try to 'age' it -
the poison apparently doesn't break down going that route but does if
spread.
What poison is it?

I'd like to know who wastes money spreading weed killers in a pasture. That
makes no sense at all.