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Old 12-04-2010, 08:30 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
David Hare-Scott[_2_] David Hare-Scott[_2_] is offline
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Una wrote:


1) Is it good for everything or should I just put it on some crops? I
grow strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, carrots, parsnips,
cucumbers, peas, broccoli, spinach and cord.


For below ground crops, you'll want to use well cooked manure. Even
an old manure pile might not be all that well cooked. Do you have
room to do your own composting? Use your own composted manure for
those crops, for best quality control.



I presume a 'below ground' crop is a root ot tuber and that 'well cooked'
means well composted and degraded.. Why should the manure be well cooked in
that particular case?

David