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Horse Manure - Problems
On 11 Jul, 21:34, "Cerumen" wrote:
"A.Lee" wrote in message ... stephen.hill wrote: I was talking to someone yesterday and he said that his allotment society had now banned people from taking horse manure in to the allotment area. He said it was due to some dangerous "spores" being found in some locally (Altrincham Cheshire) - but he had no details. I've searched - but cannot find any reports of problems? Anyone hazard a guess at what he is on about !! *(He does get confused so there may be nothing in it) Not sure if there are spores, but I had a weed free garden at my last house, I then had a trailer of horse manure delivered one winter, and was inundated with weeds for the next 5 years, presumably from seeds amongst the horse dung. Correct composting at a high temperature should kill all the weed seeds. I have a feeling the spores in horse manure might be an urban scare legend or refer to a mould spore such as Aspergillus found on rotting plant material. -- Chris Ignoti nulla cupido- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It's nothing to do with weed seed, it's the various fungus that grow in compost/straw/hay when it is damp but not wet enough to rot down. hence things like Farmers Lung etc. David Hill Abacus Nurseries |
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