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  • #1

    pig manure

    hello
    I have fresh pig manure from our pigs and I don't know when it is safe to use it in the veg plot
    how should I store pig manure I am thinking of buying a large compost bin and storing the manure in it .or if I add it to the the compost bin with kitchen waste and garden waste with paper when would it be safe to use the compost.is 6 months long enough to wait before I can use the manure on the garden soil.

    regards
    nemo
    Last edited by nemo; 17-09-2010, 09:58 PM.
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    It seems it needs frequent turning to aerate it, being a bit heavier (sloppier?) than horse muck. Some say mix it with leaves or straw to incorporate the necessary "browns".

    Any manure is ready to use when it no longer looks or smells like the starting product: it should be dark brown, crumbly and smell sweet. The time depends on conditions: warmth, moisture and aeration
    All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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    • #3
      The pig 'slurry' that is spread on the fields round ere smells like its came direct from the pigs bum!
      My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
      to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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      • #4
        We get that lovely smell round here too. If I had pigs, I think I would make a stack of the manure mixed with shredded paper, cardboard, straw etc and leave it to rot down.

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        • #5
          Think it all depends on what the pig manure looks like to start with. If it is a slurry then it is probably best to do as the farmers do and spread it on the land and leave for several months. If it already has plenty of bulk and is stackable, then I would stack it and use after about nine months.

          Ian

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          • #6
            You could dig trenches fill with the pig muck then back fill lots of donkey work but well worth the trouble.

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            • #7
              "Pig manure is a highly concentrated or "hot" manure. It is less rich in nitrogen than horse or bird manures, but stronger than many of the other animal manures. Pig waste is best used when mixed and composted with other manures and/or large quantities of vegetable matter" - Pretty much sums up what TS said already.
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              • #8
                thanks everybody for replying its appreciated
                regards
                nemo
                one years weed is seven years seed

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