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MANURE

macfallmacfall Posts: 34
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Thanks for your advice previously about which manure(Westland's Grow sure farmyard manure) is the best.  I did find the product in my local B&M store.  My question is, one part of the garden is under a Pine tree, and the soil is covered in pine needles.  Do I need to remove the needles before I put the manure on.  Bearing in mind I am just putting the manure on top of the soil in other parts of the garden.  Or do I need do dig the needles into the soil.  Once again I thank you for any advice. 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    No  :)
    Just add it. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    If they're in a thick layer i'd probably just stir them into the manure ... otherwise I'd just add the manure and let the worms get on with the job.  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The only thing I'd is - are you actively trying to grow anything under the pine?
    It's usually a difficult site, so it would rarely be worth adding manure if you need it more in another area   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Bagged manure is not cheap and I would also save it for other areas of the garden. I don’t think it would really benefit from it anyway and wonder if it would just encourage the roots to seek the surface? Large, mature pines in poor, stony soil never get any water or feed here and they suffer far more heat stress too 😊 
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    If there aren't any weeds in the area beneath the pines, like there seldom is, I feel the addition of any food source material will only tend to feed the pines.  You only have to look at natural pine woods?  Not much survives underneath them.
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