Posted by VaTom on May 24, 2015 at 05:08:42 from (70.32.193.66):
In Reply to: Horse Manure posted by David G on May 23, 2015 at 18:08:22:
Mulch, or compost David?
De-wormers are another issue. Horses here routinely get it. I like to keep my soil worms alive. They do great work for me, help with my excellent tilth. Seeds are normal in manure. If you high temperature compost, you'll kill them. I prefer low-temperature composting because most of the seeds are from plants I want, and let go to seed. Spreading compost is planting. I don't mono-crop. Nor do I till.
The longer since the manure was produced that you wait to use it, the more N loss you incur. Low-temperature composting takes me several months, depending on time of year. I make up for the N loss by using more manure.
You might remember a thread awhile back about herbicides in hay that were still active after a trip through the animal. It is well-documented. I posted a link to an article put up by North Carolina about how to protect your crops from that. Hay in my area doesn't normally have broad-leaf herbicides, but another reason to delay getting the manure near plants you want. Horse people here simply buy hay, don't normally inquire what might have been sprayed. Not a problem for the horse.
I've been composting horse manure, the only manure readily available here, for almost two decades, always plan for at least a year before I get any around my crops. The weed seeds I don't kill in composting aren't an issue for me, small plants to go on the compost pile, before they set seed.
Harvesting all year works great, and not buying any chemicals suits me fine. In fact, I buy very few seeds, only those that I don't want to risk not getting from volunteers.
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