Daft Question 102

nitiram · « **on:** March 22, 2006, 20:06 »

Ok I know it's another daft question but .... you know the heaps of lovely fresh horse manure I put over the sites aalocated for this years broad beans , kidney beans and the sweet corn....do I dig in the manure before i put the plants in or do I leave it on top and dib the plants in to the soil, below?

Heather_S · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2006, 21:15 »

I heard you can't plant in anything you put fresh manure in right away. It takes 6 months to a year for the manure to rot down so it doesn't burn the plants.

John · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2006, 23:17 »

It's true that fresh manure will burn the plants but if it's spread out, dig it in. You need to 'dilute' it if you see what I mean. Add some water to the whiskey (I hope there's no one from Scotland reading this!)

nitiram · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2006, 06:30 »

OK...so that is totally opposite to what the bloke son the lottie have told me!! so my have to go dig it all in before I plant out my plants. Do I dig it in a lot or just mix it in gently? Complicated business this gardening!!!!

John · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2006, 09:22 »

Ideal would be:

Fresh manure - stack in a pile for 6 months or longer.
Then incorporate into the bottome of trenches when digging over.

As for your situation , I'd turn it under with a spade. What you don't want is 'hot' horse manure directly on your plant roots.

cede · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2006, 11:43 »

i was talking to one of the ladies on our site as she was putting fairly fresh manure on her plot. and we were discussing this, she said that last year she'd had a bumper year when she'd done the same thing, so was doing it again. i should mention that she's had the plot for 20 years - seemed to have got the results she wanted ...

olde9856 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2006, 12:50 »

Must agree with John here fresh manure will burn the plants due to the excesses of various things within the straw. It should be stacked for next year. Try to obtain some compost for this year.

cede · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2006, 21:36 »

i agree which was why i had the conversation with her in the first place, but she said that she was going to risk it because of her results last year.

John · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2006, 23:51 »

You can over manure, I came across one plot when I toured local sites where they'd done that and it had crashed.

Unusual problem and a tricky one. They reckoned it would take a few years to come back into balance.

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Daft Question 102

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