Can you have too much poo?

[piskieinboots]

Is this a good buy? How much does one need on a half lottie?

Horse and Chicken manure - 50p a bag

[momol]

Sounds very reasonable price Piskie but what are the size of the bag ?

We got our dry granulated cow manure for 18 eur/50 litres and the chicken pellet is 8euro/ 10 kg bag.

I don't know how much would you need for your lottie (sorry ).

[terrier]

I suppose it depends on what you are trying to grow. Some plants like a rich soil, some don't. Horse manure = soil conditioner, chicken manure = soil enricher.
I've been putting tons of horse manure on my garden for years, and the flowers still grow!

[HeyWayne]

I don't think there's such a thing as too much poo.

Have you had a look on freecycle for horse manure. I sourced myself a local supplier who was only too happy to get rid of it. She delivered a horsebox full, completely free of charge. She is now supplying the allotment site with regular deliveries. Might be worth a look see.

[Nicos]

You can put too much fresh chicken poo in the soil , but mixed in with others and in pellet form, it's ok.

Horse manure is known to produce more weeds than cow poo due to a poorer digestive tract.
Fresh manure is more bulky than pellets , and will be better for the soil consistancy- and worms.

Have a look at this site- although it won't answer your question as to how much you need piskie.

http://www.plantea.com/manure.htm

[HeyWayne]

Manure Matters: How Manures Measure Up

Great site Nicos, thanks for that!

[PAULW]

Horse and Chicken manure - 50p a bag

Is it well rotted? if it is fresh it is going to rot down and the bag full you started with is going to end up as a shovel full, handy if you only want a couple of bags to put on your rhubarb but IMO a bit costly to cover your plot with. Have a look round and see if you can find someone who gives it away or even invest in a trailor load of well rotted stuff from a farmer.

[Seahorse]

I'd echo the 'how big a bag?' question. I got a tipper truck load of horse manure delivered for �30 recently. I found the chappie by asking around with other plot holders (you've probably done that already though!).

[crichmond]

Were lucky on our allotments we get it delivered by the farmer free of charge several time a year

[Minty]

Were lucky on our allotments we get it delivered by the farmer free of charge several time a year

Hi, You are lucky. We do get deliveries of well rotted to our site but it has a price of �20 a load, which i think is pretty reasonable. Minty X

[bluemoon]

In a word - No

[bobleponge]

Too much poo??

I am lucky in that I have my own mobile horse poo delivery service. The daughter cleans up after it and puts it all in a pile and I wait for it to rot and chuck it all over my raised beds and garden. I still have a mass of clay instead of soil but it works wonders in the beds.
50p if not rotted is probably not a great bargain, although when making comparisons its worth remembering that sometimes size is important!!!

[bluemoon]

I've seen well rotted farmyard manure on sale in DIY stores for �3.99 for a small bag. Even if yours comes in similarly sized bags and then rots down by two thirds it still means you have the equivalent amount for �1.50. I'd go for it.

[PAULW]

BLUEMOON
Are you sure you are from Yorkshire, (hear all, see all, say nowt, eat all, sup all, pay nowt) there is a little stable that sells fresh muck at 50p for a carrier bag a mile up the road I can get it by the trailor load for nowt, stables are desperate to get rid all you have to do is find them.