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w00dy
Quarter Acre
Posts: 93
Manure
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October 24, 2009, 18:26:04 »
Going to pick up a load of sh...... ahem manure tommorow, how does everyone apply, id be interested to know, do you double dig it, surface dress it, dig in more for heavy feeders like onions than you do for light feeders, do you dig in now or leave it till spring assuming the manure is allready well rotted.
On the subject of Manure, i remember when we first got out allotment and my son who was then 7 picked up a chunk of manure and innocently asked "whats this dad?" "a horse egg" i explained, his puzzled expression prompted me to elaborate "horse poo son" the look on his face was priceless and his horse egg was retured to the pile post haste.
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Robert_Brenchley
Hectare
Posts: 15,593
Re: Manure
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October 24, 2009, 20:12:47 »
Do a bean test before you do anything else! I'd cover it and leave it till spring, then probably use it as a mulch. Whether you do that or dig it in is a matter of preference.
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chriscross1966
Hectare
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Visionhairy
Re: Manure
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October 24, 2009, 21:02:06 »
Do a bean test as a matter of course if its stable manure, do one if you don't know the provenance if it's field manure. Field manure con tains little in the way of nutrients, I'd get it spread on the plot now and let the worms do the work for you. If it is stable manure then it will contain a significant amount of nitrogen so I'd leave it until spring to avoid the leaching out of that nitrogen.... however it does deppend a bit on your soil.... if it's sandy or heavy clay then the improvement in structure would outweigh the nutrient loss in my mind ...
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Amazingrotavator(Derby)
Half Acre
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Re: Manure
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October 25, 2009, 16:46:33 »
What I do is rotavate the plot then spread the manure all over then rotavate it in in spring.
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w00dy
Quarter Acre
Posts: 93
Re: Manure
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October 25, 2009, 17:21:14 »
ok picked it up today, the guy i got it from doesnt grow anything, he just has a few horses and small field where they graze, so im pretty confident that i should be ok, i will of coarse still do a bean test just to be 100% sure before i fling any on my plot, i have a small rotarvator so i reckon ill leave it in the pile for now and then rotavate in late winter early spring, going to have a go at show onions next year so maybee ill prepare that bed now then add more muck in the spring.
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tizzy
Not So New ...
Posts: 7
Re: Manure
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October 27, 2009, 14:43:34 »
whats a bean test?
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plainleaf2
Half Acre
Posts: 245
Re: Manure
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October 27, 2009, 14:58:51 »
you plant bean seed in manure that is questionable if plant dies it might be contaminated and it needs further testing.
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1066
Hectare
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And all that ..... in Hastings
Re: Manure
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October 27, 2009, 17:14:13 »
Tizzy - if you search on this site you will come up with loads of info - here's 1 (of many) on the subject, hope this helps
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,49608.0.html
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realfood
Hectare
Posts: 890
Re: Manure
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October 27, 2009, 18:49:46 »
I recently carried out the test on manure that I knew only too well was contaminated, and posted the photos here:-http://www.growyourown.info/page164.html
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cornykev
Hectare
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Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Manure
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October 27, 2009, 18:55:29 »
I recently recieved confirmation of a test kit being sent to me testing for aminopyralid. ;D ;D ;D
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manicscousers
Hectare
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www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Manure
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November 02, 2009, 19:26:52 »
we planted some broadies in some of the recently delivered manure plus some in ordinary compost, the ones in muck have blackened leaves, don't know if it's maybe too fresh so have sent for a testing kit from our 'friends' ;D
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