Posted by JD Seller on May 24, 2015 at 07:31:07 from (208.126.198.123):
In Reply to: Horse Manure posted by David G on May 23, 2015 at 18:08:22:
David I used to get large amounts of horse manure from several stables. With all of the bedding in it you just need to pile or windrow it and it will start to compost. You need to get the piles at least 4-5 feet tall to have enough volume to generate the heat you need to sterilize the weed seeds. I tried to turn the pile/windrow about every month to forty days. The manure usually was ready in six months in the summer and 8-9 months over the winter.
Now for some of VATom's assertions.
1) The wormers in horse manure will not past though the composting process so damage to earth warms is a ORGANIC fable. It has been shown as that by several university studies.
2) The danger from herbicide carry through in manure is greatly exaggerated as well. There was ONE study published stating that as fact. Then when you looked at the study it used HUGE amounts of manure right at the base of plants to show any reaction. There are several other studies that show it is NOT an issue when normal application rates are used. Also the composting heat destroys 90% of any chemicals commonly used in hay production but once again the organic crowd pushed the carry through as FACT!!!!
Now some nutritional facts about compost. It is not the wonder plant food many give it credit for. Most horse manure is low in nitrogen as there is a high percentage of organic matter in bedding. The use of wood chips is the main reason I stopped fooling with the horse manure. The chips are slow to break down into a used able product. Too many of them are made out of hard woods and do not work well in composting.
Horse manure will help build organic matter. It takes large amounts to do this. So it is more practical in production of specialty crops like produce. Row crop production takes more per acre than most people have access to. The cost to turn horse manure into a useable product is not cheap so the end product has an actual higher high cost per unit of fertilizer than commercial fertilizer. So if you want due it for say your garden as an soil builder than that would not too hard. For replacing much of your fertilizer needs in crop production it would take huge amounts to gain much with.
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