"Sacha" wrote in message
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On 14/2/07 18:57, in article
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On 14 Feb, 17:56, Sacha wrote:
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If you want to store it, you could put it in a corner and then use it
when
you need to next winter.

Hi Sacha.
You mean in the bag, or just piled up out of the bag ?

Piled up out of the bag is fine. A lot of people do this anyway because
the
rain washes out impurities and/or weed seeds (if you're lucky!) You could
always collect the watery run off in a bucket and add it to your watering
regime. ;-)

could bung it in a old bath raised up off the ground with some worms added
to chew through it. Bung a container under the plughole and collect up any
water seepage and use as a liquid fertiliser. I store my horse poop in
plastic compost bins, takes months for the worms to chew through therefore
lasts a long time in poop form.

rob

A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

wrote:
: A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
: veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
: ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
: sat in plastic horse feed bags.

You sure you can't use it all? Anyway assuming you can't, it'll probably get
better with age, like a fine wine!

Neil wrote...
A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

Four bags and you can't use it all?
You either have very big bags or a very small plot. We spread two large
tipper trailer loads of horse manure on a different quarter of our allotment
each year (4 year rotation), it's 4+ inches deep at least. Then we rotovate
it in and plant that quarter with the spuds, amongst other things. You can
see the soil has changed colour, gone darker, blacker, by the next spring.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

wrote:
A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

However you decide to store it there will be nothing like 4 bags later on.

In article . com,
writes:
|
| A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
| veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
| ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
| sat in plastic horse feed bags.

It is best stored in the bed :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 14 Feb, 17:16, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
Neil wrote...
A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

Four bags and you can't use it all?
You either have very big bags or a very small plot. We spread two large
tipper trailer loads of horse manure on a different quarter of our allotment
each year (4 year rotation), it's 4+ inches deep at least. Then we rotovate
it in and plant that quarter with the spuds, amongst other things. You can
see the soil has changed colour, gone darker, blacker, by the next spring.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I have a fairly small plot, and the soil level is rising wih each
year. I could use all of the manure, but will have to dig out some of
the soil to make way - seems a bit of a waste of last years manure...
if you know what i mean ?
Do you think I should just dig it out anyway ?

On 14/2/07 17:52, in article
,
" wrote:

On 14 Feb, 17:16, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
Neil wrote...
A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

Four bags and you can't use it all?
You either have very big bags or a very small plot. We spread two large
tipper trailer loads of horse manure on a different quarter of our allotment
each year (4 year rotation), it's 4+ inches deep at least. Then we rotovate
it in and plant that quarter with the spuds, amongst other things. You can
see the soil has changed colour, gone darker, blacker, by the next spring.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I have a fairly small plot, and the soil level is rising wih each
year. I could use all of the manure, but will have to dig out some of
the soil to make way - seems a bit of a waste of last years manure...
if you know what i mean ?
Do you think I should just dig it out anyway ?

If you want to store it, you could put it in a corner and then use it when
you need to next winter.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

On 14 Feb, 17:56, Sacha wrote:
On 14/2/07 17:52, in article
om,



" wrote:
On 14 Feb, 17:16, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
Neil wrote...
A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

Four bags and you can't use it all?
You either have very big bags or a very small plot. We spread two large
tipper trailer loads of horse manure on a different quarter of our allotment
each year (4 year rotation), it's 4+ inches deep at least. Then we rotovate
it in and plant that quarter with the spuds, amongst other things. You can
see the soil has changed colour, gone darker, blacker, by the next spring.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK

I have a fairly small plot, and the soil level is rising wih each
year. I could use all of the manure, but will have to dig out some of
the soil to make way - seems a bit of a waste of last years manure...
if you know what i mean ?
Do you think I should just dig it out anyway ?

If you want to store it, you could put it in a corner and then use it when
you need to next winter.
--
Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

Hi Sacha.
You mean in the bag, or just piled up out of the bag ?

On 14/2/07 18:57, in article
,
" wrote:

On 14 Feb, 17:56, Sacha wrote:
snip

If you want to store it, you could put it in a corner and then use it when
you need to next winter.

Hi Sacha.
You mean in the bag, or just piled up out of the bag ?

Piled up out of the bag is fine. A lot of people do this anyway because the
rain washes out impurities and/or weed seeds (if you're lucky!) You could
always collect the watery run off in a bucket and add it to your watering
regime. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

wrote:
: A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
: veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
: ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
: sat in plastic horse feed bags.

It will last almost forever in a bag, if you leave it and use it next year
it will be fine.

Alan

"Broadback" wrote in message
...
wrote:
A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
sat in plastic horse feed bags.

However you decide to store it there will be nothing like 4 bags later on.

Which will mean nothing, it is just rotting down, not losing any of it's
advantages.

Alan

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article . com,
writes:
|
| A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
| veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
| ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
| sat in plastic horse feed bags.

It is best stored in the bed :-)

I think the smell would keep me awake!(:-)

Alan

On 14/2/07 20:33, in article ,
"Alan Holmes" wrote:


"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article . com,
writes:
|
| A friend of mine has provided me with 4 bags of horse manure for my
| veg plot. There's a fair chance I wont use it all straight away - any
| ideas how long it will store, and how best to store it ? Currently its
| sat in plastic horse feed bags.

It is best stored in the bed :-)

I think the smell would keep me awake!(:-)

Actually, it's one of the least smelly forms of manure, IME. Cow and
chicken are far worse.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)