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Horse Manure
"Ed" ex@directory wrote in message
et... 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 Why not ask them if any weedkiller has been used on the pasture land where the horses are. Generally speaking it is not horse manure that has been the problem, but cow manure. It appears that horses are far less tolerant to weedkillers than cows so weedkillers are not used. I understand (from a local stables) that cows only eat grass and leave the other stuff but horses eat almost everything. Unfortunately I've got a couple or three tons of contaminated cow manure on one of my plots. It has killed everything except couch grass. I'm suing the farmer. I'm now using only horse manure which I know has not been contaminated. PDM |
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