[earthing83]

Hello everyone,
I am due to get my manure this weekend and I wondered if anyone could advise me on whether to incorportae it into the soil or layer it on top.I have read advantages for both but am interested in your experiences.
 I am planning to sow my seeds asap, do I need to leave a week or so before I do, even though the manure is 2 yr old and well rotted?
Thankyou all.

[8doubles]

If it is well rotted and not going to get blown around put it on top would be my answer. Let the worms and rain do the work for you.

[dougsta]

Mine has been manured on the top for months. Was well rotted but the worms and rain have not made much difference frankly.
If you're planting soon my advice would be to dig it in.

[8doubles]

The nutrients should get washed in with the rain , you won`t see that. But if your garden / allotment is slug city do as Dougsta says and dig it in. The less cover the slugs have the more seedlings will survive.

[dougsta]

Good call on the slugs, great bit of advice - I must get digging

[paintedlady]

As both dougsta and 8doubles pointed out, either way works.  I use both methods - for potatoes I like to dig in, for summer fruiting vegetables & asparagus, I leave on top.  Digging in seems to make my soil more workable, so I'd like to think I'm giving the potatoes a fighting chance to grow into nice size spuds (and it makes it easier to harvest too!)  The summer fruiting veg (sweetcorn, tomatoes, peppers, squash) on the other hand, are really hungry feeders and they also have fairly shallow roots.

[DIGGER]

Usually get mine oct. time and dig in. Last Oct i just spread it on top just to see what happened.
I found that when i came back to the area in March it felt as if the soil had been bound  together and it was quite difficult to handle.
I then dug what was left in and the soil then became more managable