Horse Manure - OK for Spring?

FatGaz · « **on:** November 29, 2008, 23:18 »

I am picking up some horse muck next week for my plot - if I spread it over my beds, will it be OK for planting in next spring or will it be too strong?
:study: I've read somewhere that you have to let it break down for so long before using it :?

Thanks

Clampit · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2008, 06:19 »

It needs to be well rotted, I put the fresh jobbies on my compost heap.

DD. · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2008, 06:33 »

If it's really fresh, I'd leave it for a season. I leave mine for two, but a year should be OK.

compostqueen · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2008, 08:34 »

Purists

I used it fresh when I first got my plot and nothing prepared bedwise. I planted all sorts in it The birds tend to throw it about though :roll:
I planted courgettes and squashes straight into the manure in the bags it was delivered in. They did well, and once the foliage got going, you couldn't see the bag

this is what they looked like when freshly planted up

Faz · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2008, 19:50 »

I've just applied a large dose of fresh muck on my patch, as it is really clayey and I figure that improving the structure is more important than worrying about the richness at the moment

I am talking nearly pure clay in parts with no dark organic matter visible at all, but plenty of worms around to drag the muck down into the soil.

buckstar555 · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2008, 18:58 »

Hi all,this is my first post here. Can someone please tell if £25 is the rate for cow muck? As this is the price local farmer tried to charge me, thats also me bagging + lifting. Cheers.

mikem · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2008, 19:19 »

It probably depends on where you live and how old it is! In Yorkshire I can get a very full trailer load, about 1 year old, for £15 delivered and dropped at the allotment. I don't know how much it weighs but it is bl...y heavy!

crowndale · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2008, 19:22 »

I get horse poo delivered for £17 a trailer load. £25 seems a bit much particularly if you are having to bag it and deliver it yourself!

buckstar555 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2008, 19:39 »

Thanks for the reply. Yes I thought £25,is abit steep! When Im the donkey? doing the bagging bit. Im trying differernt angle now :twisted: Ive just joined local freecycle to see what come up? He,He.

Kentish Karl · « **Reply #9 on:** December 18, 2008, 10:24 »

Quote from: "DD."

If it's really fresh, I'd leave it for a season. I leave mine for two, but a year should be OK.

Nearby I've a local stable that put's the manure by the gate, how's the best way to store it while it's maturing?

Aidy · « **Reply #10 on:** December 18, 2008, 12:54 »

courgettes etc don't mind fresh muck but some other plants will. The only problem of applying now is some of the nutrients will wash out before you get round to planting in spring, I normally work on about applying 4 weeks before planting out, and it's always well rotted, unless its the hot bed.

peabody · « **Reply #11 on:** December 18, 2008, 23:18 »

Quote from: "Aidy"

courgettes etc don't mind fresh muck but some other plants will. The only problem of applying now is some of the nutrients will wash out before you get round to planting in spring, I normally work on about applying 4 weeks before planting out, and it's always well rotted, unless its the hot bed.

so wots the diff. between throwing it on now and waiting till spring?

Trillium · « **Reply #12 on:** December 18, 2008, 23:53 »

It depends mostly on how soon you plan to plant crops in the newly manured area. If it's really fresh, it can burn developing roots unless you're spreading it thinly and working it in well. And the stink can be hard to work in as well.

Gwiz · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2008, 05:35 »

We dig it in now, but not where we plan to grow root veg.

So many gardeners, so many points of veiw.....

sawnee · « **Reply #14 on:** December 19, 2008, 20:31 »

Quote from: "Kentish Karl"

Quote from: "DD."
If it's really fresh, I'd leave it for a season. I leave mine for two, but a year should be OK.

Nearby I've a local stable that put's the manure by the gate, how's the best way to store it while it's maturing?

What I do is get a couple of blue allotment barrels,cut the top and bottom off.Stand em up and fill em up

You can get a lot of poo in one of these barrels, and as it rots down just top them up again.

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Horse Manure - OK for Spring?

Clampit

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Trillium

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