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Posted: Nov/19/2010 9:32 PM PST
I am building several raised beds this Fall and layering "lasagna" style so they will be ready for Spring vegetable planting. I have a neighbor with horses. It is ok to put horse poo directly into these beds if I don't plant them until Spring or do I need to compost it first? |
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Posted: Nov/20/2010 1:51 AM PST
Horse manure is not a good idea. Horses have an incomplete digestive system, so what goes in, comes out. Example: weed seeds, deworming medication, herbicides. Horse manure, even composted, can stunt plants' growth and causes a build up of composites in the soil that are not conducive to gardening. |
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Posted: Nov/20/2010 5:38 AM PST
Thanks for the info Witt. I had heard that, but then saw some posts about using it and it confused this new gardener : ) |
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Posted: Nov/23/2010 2:32 AM PST
I use horse poo it all the time and tons of it, BUT. the poo I use has set for a season under oak trees, with leaves falling and mixing in. the mix I use is about 30% poo, 20% peat, my Fla.blow sand and oak leaves. giving Witt's information maybe I need to rethink a little on the amount if any horse poo I use. I have noticed the raised beds that didn't have the horse poo had earth worms the ones with didn't "horse wormer?" maybe the horse dewormer is killing the earth worms as it comes straight through the horse?. I also use Spinosad, now that's a worm killer and it's suppose to be organic ? but that stuff KILLS worms on any vegetable even corn ear worm. I'm calling my favorite Chicken farmer today. Guitl Trip |
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Posted: Nov/23/2010 5:36 PM PST
Sounds like I need to find a chicken farmer too. The only chicken farmer I know has a garden about 10 times the size of mine and uses all that the chickens leave behind. |
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