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"symplastless" wrote in message . .. "Sacha" wrote in message ... "The alert is mainly about a substance called aminopryalid in an agricultural herbicide called Forefront - although similar substances may be causing similar effects. Compost manure before using for trees with composted wood chips and leaves and needles. -- Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Consulting Tree Biologist www.treedictionary.com and http://home.ccil.org/~treeman Watch out for so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Like John A. Keslick, Jr! Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornado's, volcanic eruptions and other abiotic forces keep reminding humans that they are not the boss. |
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"D. Staples" wrote in message omsupplyinc... "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "symplastless" contains these words: Compost manure before using for trees with composted wood chips and leaves and needles. A? A bit of punctuation might help the above to make sense. -- Rusty That's the best you get from the yard boy. Don Staples - Consulting Salvage Hog http://www.livingston.net/dstaples/Services/salvage.htm Mr. Yard Boy to you Don Staples, you know how we do things around here. Remember, there is nothing a matter with being a yard boy especially when you have a back ground in tree biology. Now claiming to be a consulting forester and defining a forest as a single stand or group of trees under one or more ownerships is silly to say the least. Not having a clue as to mulch chemistry in a forest and claiming to be a consulting forester is fraud. That means if I put two small trees in a trash can, I have created a forest. That's your words and not mine. We need pre-forester like pre-med with tree biology being a must! BTW my definition of a forest is in my dictionary. You don't have to agree but you will know what I mean. -- Sincerely, John A. Keslick, Jr. Consulting Tree Biologist www.treedictionary.com and http://home.ccil.org/~treeman Watch out for so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology. Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, tornado's, volcanic eruptions and other abiotic forces keep reminding humans that they are not the boss. Looks like Texas is getting restoration as you define it. very sad. |
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"symplastless" wrote in message . .. "D. Staples" wrote in message omsupplyinc... "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "symplastless" contains these words: Compost manure before using for trees with composted wood chips and leaves and needles. A? A bit of punctuation might help the above to make sense. -- Rusty That's the best you get from the yard boy. Don Staples - Consulting Salvage Hog http://www.livingston.net/dstaples/Services/salvage.htm Mr. Yard Boy to you Don Staples, you know how we do things around here. Remember, there is nothing a matter with being a yard boy especially when you have a back ground in tree biology. Now claiming to be a consulting forester and defining a forest as a single stand or group of trees under one or more ownerships is silly to say the least. Not having a clue as to mulch chemistry in a forest and claiming to be a consulting forester is fraud. That means if I put two small trees in a trash can, I have created a forest. That's your words and not mine. We need pre-forester like pre-med with tree biology being a must! BTW my definition of a forest is in my dictionary. You don't have to agree but you will know what I mean. Blow it out your ass, yard boy. You never touched biology, at any level, you were a saw hand for Shigo for 58 days, the limit of your "professionalism" is pimping Shigo. |
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from "symplastless" contains these words: "D. Staples" wrote in message omsupplyinc... "Rusty Hinge 2" wrote in message k... The message from "symplastless" contains these words: Compost manure before using for trees with composted wood chips and leaves and needles. A? A bit of punctuation might help the above to make sense. -- Rusty That's the best you get from the yard boy. Don Staples - Consulting Salvage Hog http://www.livingston.net/dstaples/Services/salvage.htm Mr. Yard Boy to you Don Staples, you know how we do things around here. Remember, there is nothing a matter with being a yard boy especially when you have a back ground in tree biology. Now claiming to be a consulting forester and defining a forest as a single stand or group of trees under one or more ownerships is silly to say the least. Not having a clue as to mulch chemistry in a forest and claiming to be a consulting forester is fraud. That means if I put two small trees in a trash can, I have created a forest. That's your words and not mine. We need pre-forester like pre-med with tree biology being a must! BTW my definition of a forest is in my dictionary. You don't have to agree but you will know what I mean. And you can't even read headers. This is probably because of the pig's ear you make of cutting and quoting. Now go and do some unravelling and see exactly who said what... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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On Sep 11, 3:45*am, "gunner" wrote:
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in ... Mine too. *Bloody good stuff is horse poo, but the Brits have had problems with weed killers spread on pastures contaminating the poos - it's then gone on to kill plants in gardens. *I don't have this problem in my country and it appears that the worst thing to do with the weedkiller infested British horse poo is to pile it and try to 'age' it - the poison apparently doesn't break down going that route but does if spread. What poison is it? On our plots, Manchester UK, it was an herbicide call Aminopyralid introduced by Dow Chemicals a few years ago to treat broad leaved weeds in commercial crops. The herbicide binds strongly to plant material which when grazed by or fed to cattle and horses in feedstuffs such as silage or hay can pass through the animals without breaking down. We've been advised to rotavate or dig over the soil several times between summer and autumn when the soil is warm. The contamination is widespread here - seen in Scotland, Wakefield and Cornwall. Luckily I was on holidays when we got a load - I was upset I had missed it. Not any more!! The RHS wrote to us advising us to 'scrape off' any loose manure! What a shame ... |
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:31:52 +0000, Dee wrote:
Ed ex@directory wrote in net: First time allotment holder, seeking advice... The local riding stables have left a whole big load of horse manure outside of our allotment site for folk to use. It is pretty fresh (great strong pong from it) and it contains only a moderate amount of straw. Notwithstanding the warnings I have seen on this list and elsewhere regarding contamination with weed killers and the like, how can I beneficially use this stuff? Can I use this manure straight away on the beds in my plot as a top mulch and dig it in next spring? Or should I just add it to my compost bins and let it mature there for, say, a year and then use it? Also which plants would benefit from an application of manure? I seem to recall that root crops don't like recently manured beds? Ed Fresh manure can be used as a top mulch, but IME it's very important to make sure the manure does not directly touch any plants, as it will cause problems (burning, stunting) otherwise. Top mulching of the manure allows rain water to seep through it and down to the roots of the plants, effectively giving them 'manure tea', while the wormies go to work incorporating it into the soil. It may be that by next spring there will be nothing left to turn under into the soil, as the worms will have done it for you. That has been my experience, anyway. Dee Yes, only very well rotted (crumbly soil type) compost should be used with root crops. If fresh it does need to be kept away from plant leaves and stems as others have said. Though another reason is possible e.coli infection. Because of the latter I'd keep it well away from leaf vegetables that aren't cooked eg lettuce. That's not root contact, but leaf contact. Horse mature does have a reputation for being full of weed seeds btw if the horses are often grazing in a field. Cow poo much less so. If it does have seeds in it, only a hot running compost heap will destroy (most) of them. A quicker way to compost is just to dig a trench and bury it. If you've a patch that is not being used that is. A part that you would like to plant beans on will work well. Come the spring the manure will be well rotted by soil microbes and spread about by worms. And it will smell far less. Weed seeds are less likely to germinate as they get no light. Direct to the soil, either on top or under will allow more nutrients to get into the soil. In a compost heap either the heat breaks them down, or they leech out the bottom. Not all but quite a bit. Whilst not really the traditional time of year for this, you could try making a 'hot bed'. Normally in greenhouse borders or cold frames, a cloche might work fairly well. You dig a trench 12"+ deep. Put a deep layer of fresh manure into it and cover with 6 inches of soil. The heat from the decomposing manure warms the soil from below. Normally done Feb/March to get a head start on the growing season. You could experiment to see if it will extend the autumn season for some of the salad crops. It won't provide enough heat to prevent a hard frost even under a cloche as it's warming the roots rather than the tops, but might speed their growth before the weather gets cold and stays that way. Some lettuce, rocket and spinach are frost hardy, they might crop even better with slightly warmer soil. Nigel |
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"tony newton" wrote in message ... On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:31:52 +0000, Dee wrote: Ed ex@directory wrote in snet: First time allotment holder, seeking advice... The local riding stables have left a whole big load of horse manure outside of our allotment site for folk to use. It is pretty fresh (great strong pong from it) and it contains only a moderate amount of straw. Notwithstanding the warnings I have seen on this list and elsewhere regarding contamination with weed killers and the like, how can I beneficially use this stuff? Can I use this manure straight away on the beds in my plot as a top mulch and dig it in next spring? Or should I just add it to my compost bins and let it mature there for, say, a year and then use it? Also which plants would benefit from an application of manure? I seem to recall that root crops don't like recently manured beds? Ed Fresh manure can be used as a top mulch, but IME it's very important to make sure the manure does not directly touch any plants, as it will cause problems (burning, stunting) otherwise. Top mulching of the manure allows rain water to seep through it and down to the roots of the plants, effectively giving them 'manure tea', while the wormies go to work incorporating it into the soil. It may be that by next spring there will be nothing left to turn under into the soil, as the worms will have done it for you. That has been my experience, anyway. Dee Yes, only very well rotted (crumbly soil type) compost should be used with root crops. If fresh it does need to be kept away from plant leaves and stems as others have said. Though another reason is possible e.coli infection. Because of the latter I'd keep it well away from leaf vegetables that aren't cooked eg lettuce. That's not root contact, but leaf contact. Horse mature does have a reputation for being full of weed seeds btw if the horses are often grazing in a field. Cow poo much less so. If it does have seeds in it, only a hot running compost heap will destroy (most) of them. A quicker way to compost is just to dig a trench and bury it. If you've a patch that is not being used that is. A part that you would like to plant beans on will work well. Come the spring the manure will be well rotted by soil microbes and spread about by worms. And it will smell far less. Weed seeds are less likely to germinate as they get no light. Direct to the soil, either on top or under will allow more nutrients to get into the soil. In a compost heap either the heat breaks them down, or they leech out the bottom. Not all but quite a bit. Whilst not really the traditional time of year for this, you could try making a 'hot bed'. Normally in greenhouse borders or cold frames, a cloche might work fairly well. You dig a trench 12"+ deep. Put a deep layer of fresh manure into it and cover with 6 inches of soil. The heat from the decomposing manure warms the soil from below. Normally done Feb/March to get a head start on the growing season. You could experiment to see if it will extend the autumn season for some of the salad crops. It won't provide enough heat to prevent a hard frost even under a cloche as it's warming the roots rather than the tops, but might speed their growth before the weather gets cold and stays that way. Some lettuce, rocket and spinach are frost hardy, they might crop even better with slightly warmer soil. Nigel |
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Mother Earth News has an article about this very subject in their
current issue. Linky: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organ...en-Threat.aspx If in doubt, ask the farmer/rancher if any pesticides were used in their pastures. Cheers! On Sep 11, 1:13*am, Sacha wrote: On 11/9/08 03:45, in article s, "gunner" wrote: "FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message ... "Dee" wrote in message Fresh manure can be used as a top mulch, but IME it's very important to make sure the manure does not directly touch any plants, as it will cause problems (burning, stunting) otherwise. *Top mulching of the manure allows rain water to seep through it and down to the roots of the plants, effectively giving them 'manure tea', while the wormies go to work incorporating it into the soil. *It may be that by next spring there will be nothing left to turn under into the soil, as the worms will have done it for you. *That has been my experience, anyway. Mine too. *Bloody good stuff is horse poo, but the Brits have had problems with weed killers spread on pastures contaminating the poos - it's then gone on to kill plants in gardens. *I don't have this problem in my country and it appears that the worst thing to do with the weedkiller infested British horse poo is to pile it and try to 'age' it - the poison apparently doesn't break down going that route but does if spread. What poison is it? "The alert is mainly about a substance called aminopryalid in an agricultural herbicide called Forefront - although similar substances may be causing similar effects. It is a new kind of "hormonal herbicide" * meaning it interferes with the growth signals of broad-leaved plants like dandelions and docks, so they shoot up too fast and starve, while the surrounding grass is unaffected. It has been declared safe to graze cows on treated grass, or on hay and silage made from treated meadows. The herbicide passes through their systems more or less undigested. But that means it is present in their manure and gets into their bedding straw too. The packaging of Forefront includes warnings about not using affected manure and straw on vulnerable plants *including tomatoes, potatoes, peas, beans, carrots, lettuce, delphiniums, phlox and roses. But the warning is not always passed on. Forefront was launched three years ago and Britain was the first European country to use it. Last year, some professional potato growers lost crops after spreading manure. An emergency education campaign, aimed at livestock farmers, vegetable growers and spraying and spreading contractors solved that problem." http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/...er-manure-pois... 491.jp -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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I live in the US in Iowa.
Farmers here generally use pig manure which smells just god awful but seems to always work efficiently for them... at my work we have cow manure in bags which people find affective. |
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