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Post by lnk9s on Jan 22, 2006 18:54:06 GMT -6
howdy folks, I am new here. I have a question. I have an abunance of horse manure I would like to use in veggie gardens. How long does horse manure have to sit before it is safe to put into the dirt? What is a good way to compost it? My soil is black land CLAY. We bought 60 acres of beautiful land in Texas and it has burmuda grass and lots of Bois' De Arc trees. They use to run cattle on this land for years. Before that a dairy farm and before that cotton, we are talking many many years ago. I do not have gardens as of yet because we are building a log cabin right now but after digging a 36x50 foot basement, we only found 2 worms...OH and we have dreaded fire ants! YUK! So see folks I need lots of help *L*
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Post by Laura on Jan 22, 2006 19:10:49 GMT -6
This might help you click here
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Post by kabuti on Jan 22, 2006 21:06:26 GMT -6
I have always used horse manure. At my other house I put 4 inches on top of the ground & you wouldn't believe what nice veggies we had. Now I have all I want free but mixed with shavings. We have our own horses also but I am afraid of the weeds they eat here(burmuda) as that is the pasture but I will make manure tea from it this year. I personally love horse manure, it is almost like chopped mulch as they dont digest much of it anyway & there are always seeds sprouting right in it as soon as they poop it out so it is in no way 'hot'- I put it fresh under my artichokes when I plant them they thrive on it. What area of TX?
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Post by lnk9s on Jan 23, 2006 7:00:05 GMT -6
what is this tea you talk about? I am thinking strained manure? we live in North East Texas. How about you?
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 23, 2006 7:20:22 GMT -6
lnk9s, Yes, you are on the right track, please click Herewhich will take you to a very good thread in Soil Building, it has pics of Our Compost/manure generator, as well as Douglas's system, and some very good advice, from several of the gardeners here! Oh, and we be Minnesotians now!
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Post by jeanette on Jan 23, 2006 9:31:19 GMT -6
i know where i can get a bunch of horse manure.. (the horse owers said i can come and pick it up anytime, imagine that) my question is: are you afraid that the manure will have weed seeds in it.. the reason is ask this is, jerry lets the neighbor put cows in the corn stubble in the fall, he swears thats how he got wooly cup grass in his field... that do you think
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 23, 2006 11:13:50 GMT -6
Oh yeah, there will be some weed seeds, even after a pretty good composting, but not many, typically, I find lambs quarter, but hey, it's edible and quite tasty, but only when it is a very young plant, and you will probably get some of anything that was in the hay they consumed, but again, it's all in thamount of decomposing it has undergone. As far as the cup grass, yep,probably then darn Bovines! Their manure has higher amounts even after composting, hog weed, lambs quarters, wolly cup, they all sprang from the last pile of cow manure I had brought here!
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Post by Compost Pharmer on Jan 23, 2006 20:04:19 GMT -6
ink9s, where abouts in north Texas you living? I am about 30 miles north east of Dallas along Lake Lavon.
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Post by Songbird on Jan 23, 2006 20:16:48 GMT -6
I use horse manure in my garden, and I'm wondering if that's possibly where I got that virus last summer...??
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Post by lnk9s on Jan 24, 2006 14:52:14 GMT -6
Hey Greg: we are just south of Paris I never heard of Lake Lavon though hey Songbird: what virus?
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Post by Songbird on Jan 24, 2006 20:44:18 GMT -6
I had the most beautiful beans growing that I've ever even SEEN, and suddenly they began to yellow and die! I sent pics to pharmer phil and he diagnosed it as a virus. I have to solarize before planting again this year!
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