Talkback: Weedkiller in manure: update

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  February 2009

  I did buy manure from the garden center last year, when I heard the stories of contamination I was frightened to use it so it has been stored at the end of the garden ever since, I think may be it is OK! to use although I would be very upset if it polluted my garden. I also wonder about council compost as I have seen some of the sruff that people put into the green waste skips, like some of the perenial weeds and I have had my garden badly infected with chickweed and many other very difficult weeds to get rid of.

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  I was affected last year by weedkiller in manure which I purchased from a garden centre. I lost my tomatoes and had to completely dig out the bed and get rid of the soil. This year I have just bought some 6X 100% natural fertilizer having checked with the producer that it is definitely weedkiller free and has been 200° heat treated as well. So fingers crossed it should be O.K. Kaycurtis I would not use those bags if I were you!!!

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  allotments sorry didnt know how else to get hold of you... we have a landshare site in Winterbourne Abbas. Any one who is interested in a plot is more than welcome we have 6 spare contact me at [email protected]

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  If you want to test for aminopyralid in your supply here's how http://www.allotment.org.uk/garden-diary/321/testing-for-aminopyralid-in-manure/

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  Get some rabbits and feed them the plant scraps 'faster composting' I read you can make a 'tea' with rabbit manure and Good eating

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  Hi quite new to gardening so expect lots of questions over the forthcoming months. The first part of my project is the patio. I am starting to revamp a large old crazy paved patio area. The crazy paving is very old and was covered in weeds growing between the slabs, I have taken out all the crumbling cement, sand and weeds and covered with weed killer. I am now ready to re-infill the slabs. I am not going to use sand as the patio will have constant heavy duty use, so that children and dog won't be able to destroy my about to be started lawned garden/flower beds!!!! Does anyone know whether it will give a better finish if I use cement or patio grout... may seem like a silly question but I just don't want to get it wrong. Many thanks

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  please can anyone advise me as to the best use of a trailer full of horse manure that I have been given.Is it ok to use straight away by digging it into my heavy Herefordshire clay or do I need to let it rot down? If so,for how long should I leave it ?

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  I am a new gardener how long do I leave the lid on the propagator please

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  I open the vent when I see seedlings emerge, then after a couple of days put them in an unheated propagator with vents open. After a week or so, I take the lid off completely and let the little beasts fend for themselves.
  
  Sowing seeds is great! I put some lupin seeds in my heated propagator last Saturday and by Monday afternoon I had shoots! It's dead cheap to fill your garden this way too, and much more satisfying that buying pre-grown stuff from the garden centre all the time - not that I can ever resist a fine looking plant when I go there however!
  
  Enjoy your growing season!

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• Gardeners' World Web User Posts: 17,147

  March 2009

  Can you tell me if it is possible to combine a bin for compost with stable manure and garden compost, to save for a year to rot down? I could not find a separate emial site to ask this question.
  
  Jane Gaskin

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