Manure in potato bed?

Sideways · « **on:** November 24, 2008, 12:01 »

I was digging in some horse-muck at the weekend, I was planning to plant my potatoes in this particular bed next spring. A neighbouring plot holder commented that I shouldn’t plant potatoes in a bed that has had manure dug-in. My Allotment Book tells me something different.

Who's correct?

Will next Spring’s spuds benefit from my work over the weekend?

compostqueen · « **Reply #1 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:04 »

well I planted spuds in pure shoite when I had nothing done on my plot when I first got it. I got plenty of spuds but they were scabby cos of the muck, but they were absolutely fine. I did Desiree and Cara

Scab is not a problem unless you plan to enter them into a show

PAH48 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:11 »

Hi Sideways... last year I covered the tat bed to be with horse muck,
dug it in early jan'feb , planted said tats, had great crops,
no problems at all.
Doing exactly the same this year.
Bye PAH

'in

compostqueen · « **Reply #3 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:13 »

where would we be without shoi*e

In the doo doo of course

DD. · « **Reply #4 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:16 »

I plant the horse muck at the same time as the spuds.

Don't have a problem.

compostqueen · « **Reply #5 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:18 »

do you get scabby tats then DD? I think maybe the pooh I used was a tad fresh

PAH48 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:25 »

Quote from: "compostqueen"

where would we be without shoi*e

In the doo doo of course

What can one possibly add
Bye PAH

in

DD. · « **Reply #7 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:26 »

They were fine,

The poo, (Pooh is a bear BTW!),

is quite well gone when delivered by a neighbour who owns horses, but I keep it for another 2 years before using.

I've got 3 piles which I use in rotation.

compostqueen · « **Reply #8 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:30 »

I meant Pooh

PAH48 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:31 »

Quote from: "DD."

I 've got 3 piles which I use in rotation.

you can get cream for that DD :!:
Bye PAH still

'in

DD. · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:34 »

Quote from: "PAH48"

Quote from: "DD."

I 've got 3 piles which I use in rotation.

you can get cream for that DD :!:
Bye PAH still 'in

I prefer custard!

Sideways · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:34 »

Thanks all.

I will go ahead as planned. I have two beds for spuds, I think I will leave out the muck on the second bed and see which one performs best.

compostqueen · « **Reply #12 on:** November 24, 2008, 12:45 »

chicken

drdave · « **Reply #13 on:** November 24, 2008, 14:22 »

I did Pentland Javs in fresh poo and had no scab but 700 spuds off 50 plants!

Larkshall · « **Reply #14 on:** November 24, 2008, 15:53 »

I think you are mistaking the cause of scab, I've always understood it to be fresh lime.

I've just discovered that there's no apostrophe on the laptop keyboard.
Marvellous! the website seems to have
corrected it.

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