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Manure - Any tips?
A friend has a horse stables and offered my some manure, now is it ok
just to take or will i need to do something to it first? Also my dad in law has a cow farm is this stuff any better? Thanks This will be going into a garden and really want to do it this week as it's a bkank canvas at the mo. Based in South Wales |
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Manure - Any tips?
htmark98 wrote:
A friend has a horse stables and offered my some manure, now is it ok just to take or will i need to do something to it first? Stick it in a corner somewhere and let it rot down for a while. It's better used this way because fresh manure is very strong and can 'burn' your plants. If you want to give your plants a feed, however, dilute some manure in a bucket of water and pour it over the plants. Also my dad in law has a cow farm is this stuff any better? Treat as above and let it rot down. Thanks This will be going into a garden and really want to do it this week as it's a bkank canvas at the mo. If your father in law has some well-rotted manure on his farm, you could use that immediately. Please do NOT take the advice to add lime to your soil or the manure. The use of lime will stop you using many plants which are lime intolerant and the person suggesting that has no idea what your soil is like or even, where it is! He doesn't live in UK. Camellias for example, absolutely detest lime, as do Enkianthus, Rhododendrons and Azaleas and Heathers. If the garden is new to you, get a soil testing kit from a garden centre and check it out. Alternatively, look at what your neighbours are growing which will give you a good idea of what can easily be grown in your area. On another topic, when starting your new garden, do think beforehand about whether you need to put in any electric cables for e.g. pond pumps and make sure you leave trenches or room for trenches, where those will be needed. If you want some info on plants later, it would be a good thing to tell us the area in which you live because that will make a difference to what you can grow. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon |
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Manure - Any tips?
hi thanks electric cables will be going down this week. How long do you
normally leave it for to rot down? |
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Manure - Any tips?
hi thanks electric cables will be going down this week. How long do you normally leave it for to rot down? I just put ours in a corner of the paddock and forget about it for about a year, if you poke it you will see when it is ready to use. If you are an organic gardener check if any of the animals are or have been on medication. kate |
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Manure - Any tips?
htmark98 wrote:
hi thanks electric cables will be going down this week. How long do you normally leave it for to rot down? Leave it for about a year and then look at it. If it's ready to be used, it will be dark and crumbly. Some people describe it as looking like very good moist fruitcake!! You could buy or get another pile in say, six months time from your riding stable and continue to have piles progressing at different rates of 'maturity'. Most people would give a lot to have a supply of good horse manure available so readily. Kate is right about checking for any medication used on animals BUT I really would question its potency if it's been left in manure, quietly rotting away for some time but don't know that. I may be wrong here but I *think* there may be some medicines that it's obligatory to give to cows but I'm just not sure. If that is the case, however, they must be acceptable to those living organically, because certainly one can buy organic milk. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon |
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