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Horse manure in polytunnel beds
ecaldicott198469017
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I think I've messed up!!
This is my first year back in my polytunnel after having my 2 boys (4 years ago was the last time I attempted to grow anything). I am hoping I can now carve enough time out to make a go of growing something that we can actually harvest and eat.
I have made a hot bed in my polytunnel to start off early seedlings and to get a head start.
My worry is, I added the excess horse manure to my very sorry and sad looking beds. I dug in it and topped it with fresh bags of compost. I have just read that fresh horse manure is a BIG no-no!! But it's too late!! It's already in! The manure has come from the fields so has no urine soaked straw with it but each bed has 3 bags mixed in to it.
I don't plan on transplanting anything into the beds for a other 8 weeks or so but will it be ok? Can I make my family poorly? Will it scorch/kill off my young plants??
This is my first year back in my polytunnel after having my 2 boys (4 years ago was the last time I attempted to grow anything). I am hoping I can now carve enough time out to make a go of growing something that we can actually harvest and eat.
I have made a hot bed in my polytunnel to start off early seedlings and to get a head start.
My worry is, I added the excess horse manure to my very sorry and sad looking beds. I dug in it and topped it with fresh bags of compost. I have just read that fresh horse manure is a BIG no-no!! But it's too late!! It's already in! The manure has come from the fields so has no urine soaked straw with it but each bed has 3 bags mixed in to it.
I don't plan on transplanting anything into the beds for a other 8 weeks or so but will it be ok? Can I make my family poorly? Will it scorch/kill off my young plants??
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