Hi ! what about tomato beds in greenhouse ? do I put manure in them when I pull my tom plants (oct'ish) or wait till spring or not , soz to butt in . cheers
We have an allotment and are new at the game. A new batch of cow manure with lots of straw in it, has been delivered. Is it safe to use around the runner beans (others on the site have done this and some say no)
KFH2, I wouldn't recommend using fresh manure on growing plants. It really needs to be composted first and if it has straw in it, I'd say it isn't ready yet. Either make a compost heap with it or mix it in with your existing compost heap if you have one. By the end of the year it should be fine to use and you can spread it over your veg beds before the winter sets in.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I use tonnes of well rotted horse manure in my garden every year. As far as I'm concerned there's no such thing as a wrong time to use it. We also give tonnes of it away to some very good gardeners. (My partner runs an equestrian centre and trains horses)
When we first moved here the house had been empty for several years and the "garden" was a total wilderness. I started by strimming and getting rid of weeds and then when I started digging borders tonnes of well rotted horse manure was dug in.
Now the garden is established I tend to use it after everything is cleared out in Autumn. It's spready all over round the plants and just lightly forked in the soil if there's space to do so or else it's just left on the top to for nutrients to leach down. It makes a great mulch to help protect things in winter too.
We bed our horses on sawdust not straw. When it's well rotted down - no matter what the bedding is, then you should not be able to see any bedding at all. It looks just like very nice compost. It smells quite earthy.
It's the only fertiliser I use and believe me my garden soil is fabulous. Yes I get weeds but not from the horse manure. Our horses don't eat nettles, buttercups and docks. They eat grass, hay and haylage (made from grass) and barley. I've NEVER had barley growing in my garden but then I'd not expect that because I only use it when it's well rotted down.
I do occasionally sling fresh manure on the gardens. If he's had a horse through on the drive and it's 'readily available' then I just clear it straight onto where the Rhododendrons and Azaleas are.
If it's fresh , it's ok to lay on surface around , but not touching , shrubs.
I'd love someone who could come dump tractorloads here, but I only ever seem to see ads for " come bag up manure" and I'd there all day long, and the next , and the next.......
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is it ok to manure in july
If its well rotted and you're laying it on vacant land , Yes. using as a mulch now is likely to lead to too much soft growth.
What do you want to use it on.?
Hi ! what about tomato beds in greenhouse ? do I put manure in them when I pull my tom plants (oct'ish) or wait till spring or not , soz to butt in . cheers
and.. horse or cow ? what's diff ?
I'd go with horse myself and work lightly in in winter, don't know about cow.
I have just laid horse manure on my veg patch. Is it 'safe' to plant in 4 weeks time and if so what. Sorry to go over this again!!!!
We have an allotment and are new at the game. A new batch of cow manure with lots of straw in it, has been delivered. Is it safe to use around the runner beans (others on the site have done this and some say no)
KFH
KFH2, I wouldn't recommend using fresh manure on growing plants. It really needs to be composted first and if it has straw in it, I'd say it isn't ready yet. Either make a compost heap with it or mix it in with your existing compost heap if you have one. By the end of the year it should be fine to use and you can spread it over your veg beds before the winter sets in.
I use tonnes of well rotted horse manure in my garden every year. As far as I'm concerned there's no such thing as a wrong time to use it. We also give tonnes of it away to some very good gardeners. (My partner runs an equestrian centre and trains horses)
When we first moved here the house had been empty for several years and the "garden" was a total wilderness. I started by strimming and getting rid of weeds and then when I started digging borders tonnes of well rotted horse manure was dug in.
Now the garden is established I tend to use it after everything is cleared out in Autumn. It's spready all over round the plants and just lightly forked in the soil if there's space to do so or else it's just left on the top to for nutrients to leach down. It makes a great mulch to help protect things in winter too.
We bed our horses on sawdust not straw. When it's well rotted down - no matter what the bedding is, then you should not be able to see any bedding at all. It looks just like very nice compost. It smells quite earthy.
It's the only fertiliser I use and believe me my garden soil is fabulous. Yes I get weeds but not from the horse manure. Our horses don't eat nettles, buttercups and docks. They eat grass, hay and haylage (made from grass) and barley. I've NEVER had barley growing in my garden but then I'd not expect that because I only use it when it's well rotted down.
I do occasionally sling fresh manure on the gardens. If he's had a horse through on the drive and it's 'readily available' then I just clear it straight onto where the Rhododendrons and Azaleas are.
I'd certainly agree with you NL2.
If it's fresh , it's ok to lay on surface around , but not touching , shrubs.
I'd love someone who could come dump tractorloads here, but I only ever seem to see ads for " come bag up manure" and I'd there all day long, and the next , and the next.......