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    Right, I've got some manure....

    what should I do with it

    It looks well broken down, most of the straw has gone completely... I dug deep

    I'm having 1m square beds. Should I place the manure at the bottom of the bed and top it with soil? Or mix it with the soil, or put it on top?

    I know I shouldn't grow carrots or parnsnips. Is there anything I should avoid? And anything that would do really well from a good dose? apart from tatties and pumpkins
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    I tend to bang it on top and let the worms do the digging! However, ask 3 gardeners and you'll get 4 answers!
    Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Flummery View Post
      I tend to bang it on top and let the worms do the digging! However, ask 3 gardeners and you'll get 4 answers!
      Well, if you ask this one you'll get the same answer! Put it on the top I reckon as well.
      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)

      Diversify & prosper


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      • #4
        I say use as a top dressing

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        • #5
          Is it possible to grow in neat well rotted (ie black) manure?

          Reason I ask is that I have 3 raised beds that need filling with somethng and can get as much well rotted manure as I want for free.

          One bed is for lettuce, cauliflower and cabbage, one for peas and the other is for carrots, parsnips and onions, this one will have soil only - no manure.
          Will it work?

          P

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          • #6
            I've heard of people growing pumkins on top of their compost heaps, so I would have thought they would appreciate a neat manure bed. Anything that's really greedy, ie Tomatoes, courgettes, pumpkins will take a stong mix of manure.
            Last year I filled one of my beds nearly full of WRM and then topped it off with a couple of inches of soil. My courgettes LOVED it!
            When the Devil gives you Cowpats - make Satanic Compost!

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            • #7
              If the compost is at least five years old or more it will have a consistency similar to soil anyway.
              Brassicas like a firm base though and I doubt whether you will be able to get it firm enough.
              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)

              Diversify & prosper


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