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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best?
There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? -- Chris |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
Chris wrote: Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? -- Chris Either? Though I wouldn't put horse manure in the compost heap - I'd rather let it rot down well on its own, then use it on its own. As to saw dust or straw, I have chucked both in the compost heap at different times, and still ended up with delightful black gold in time :-) Cat(h) |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
"Chris" wrote Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? Straw will rot down much quicker than sawdust especially if you heap it up and cover it. Sawdust would need to be left for much longer, a good dusting of nitrochalk would speed the process as the wood takes nitrogen to rot. If you are on heavy soil the sawdust, once rotted, will make a good soil improver as it will take more time to disappear completely. (been there done that) -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
Chris wrote:
Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? I'd say straw every time, Chris. My late father-in-law used to deliver bread for the Co-op with a horse-drawn van. The horse was bedded on straw and he had to look after him. He won the best allotment three times running, and was allowed to keep the cup, which is now a proud possession of my son. I will reserve my opinion of sawdust, except to say I will never have it in my garden again. Never! Wishing you good organic gardening, Sam. |
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Hi Chris, I would go for the manure with straw as the straw will compost faster and will not take as much nitrogen out of your compost whilst it is breaking down, also sawdust can make your resulting compost quite acidic, hope this helps you, regards Steve.
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
"Chris" wrote Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? I think that straw is the best as it rots very quickly. I just throw mine on the garden for the winter and it takes care of itself kate |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
"Chris" ] wrote in message ]... Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? -- Provided what you get is nice and old, it won't make that much difference. Rake off the top stuff, push it to one side, take the nice dark hot stuff from underneath, rake the top stuff back over when you've done. Steve |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
They would both be a good choice as long as you put it in a pile and left it
for at least a year before putting it on the garden. The straw we get here and the horse manure will have seeds in them that will come up in your garden, if you dont give them time to sprout and die before suing them. Dwayne (from Kansas) "Kate Morgan" wrote in message ... "Chris" wrote Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? I think that straw is the best as it rots very quickly. I just throw mine on the garden for the winter and it takes care of itself kate |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
"Dwayne" wrote in message ... They would both be a good choice as long as you put it in a pile and left it for at least a year before putting it on the garden. The straw we get here and the horse manure will have seeds in them that will come up in your garden, if you dont give them time to sprout and die before suing them. Dwayne (from Kansas) Look Dwayne, we are Brits and do not really go in for all this litigation that you lot like so much:-) |
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Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure
My wife swears by the sawdust variety.
I can't disagree, it mulches down nicely and the roses have been excellent, as have all the other plants that have had their soil enriched by the stuff. Straw apparently doesn't decompose so well. I may be wrong, just what I have been told. We use it both on the garden and in the compost heap and it has worked wonders in both areas. Nick www.pennix.co.uk "Chris" ] wrote in message ]... Straw or sawdust - in with horse manure - which is best? There are free supplies of either. Which would be better for the garden or compost heap? -- Chris |
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