"Chris" wrote

Is it OK to use horse manure containing LAY-SOFT?

A neighbour has horses and uses for their bedding something called LAY-SOFT
made by Ron Hull & Sons.
It is made from wood chippings.
The manufacturer says only whitewood is used, that it is treated only with
ozone, not chemicals.

Is it OK to put on the garden or to mix in with the compost?

If it's soft wood chips treated with a form of oxygen, presumably for
sterilisation purposes, then I don't see a problem.
Their site says "after use Lay-Soft is bio-degradable and an excellent
temporary weed suppressant - so you can be sure that you are "doing your
bit" for the environment and lowering yours and your horse's carbon
footprint!"
Wood chips do take longer to rot down than some other animal bedding and in
doing so they do use nitrogen so only use it as a manure after it is well
rotted. If you intend to keep it to rot then throw on some high nitrogen
fertiliser to help speed the process. Well rotted sawdust etc does make an
excellent manure for clay soils IME as the small particles help break up the
clay and keep it broken up.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK