[Neil Doncaster]

Hello all, the question i have concerns horse manure.I have had some delivered to my allotment but it has come straight out of the stables ie its fresh can i dig it in with out causing any harm to my plants for next year?
                                              cheers neil doncaster

[sunshineband]

I would leave it to rot down in a covered pile for around nine months before adding it to your beds, as it might well "burn" to roots of your plants otherwise.

[m1ckz]

if u dig it in now   i would have thought it woulb be rottet by spring... i just layer it on top   dig in spring

[LotuSeed]

I put fresh manure on my beds last Fall (October I think) after digging them over. Come Spring I dug just enough to fluff up the soil and planted my seeds/seedlings as usual. No I'll effects here, but it was REALLY cold last winter, lots of days of hard frost or snow and that could have had something to do with it I suppose.

[shoozie]

You can spread it on top of an empty bed and leave the worms to do their work over winter, no need to dig it in. As Sunny says, don't use it fresh near young seedlings. 

[mumofstig]

You can spread it on top of an empty bed and leave the worms to do their work over winter, no need to dig it in. As Sunny says, don't use it fresh near young seedlings.

Works for me 

[Welsh Merf]

You can spread it on top of an empty bed and leave the worms to do their work over winter, no need to dig it in. As Sunny says, don't use it fresh near young seedlings.

Works for me 

And me!

[shoozie]

^^   

[Neil Doncaster]

many thanks guys