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Horse manure
jad1
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in Fruit & veg
I have some horse manure which has been in bags for about 5 months. I would like to use it as a mulch with the broad beans and later the runner beans. Can i have some opinions please as to whether it is still to new and could burn the plants.
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Is it stable manure (including straw or of her bedding) or 'field pickings' (droppings gathered from a field and bagged up) ?
If it's manure, rather than use it as a mulch I would dig it into a trench or pit where you are going to grow your runner beans, to improve the moisture retention.
I find that field pickings are best used by adding to the compost heap as an activator.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.