How To Use Horse Manure | Allotment Gardening Uk For Beginners | Organic Gardening

[@sarahsallotmentjourney]

Nice video as always

[@warwickpeople5140]

All good stuff Graeme. We use sheep manure as we have a local source, compost it for 6 months to a year, and then just fork it in to the top layer of the veg beds. One thing to be aware of is if the sheep/horses/cows that the manure is from have been wormed. These chemicals can be residual in the manure and keep killing worms, and we all need earth worms. Keep up the great videos. 👍

[@darrenbaker5086]

Hi Graeme, great videos mate. Have a google of "Herbicide Carryover in Hay, Manure, Compost and Grass Clippings" which I see some gardeners test their horse manure for. Keep up the great work!

[@jaspercaelan4998]

I asked around a lot of stables in my area and a lot of them spray. I wouldn't take my chances with it as it can ruin your plot for up to 5 years if it contains Aminopyralid or anything similar.

[@DavidGibb-vo3df]

Everyone recommends that you should only use well rotted manure a year old and to put fresh manure on your compost heap for next year. I don't use any as I would need to buy it in bags I use seaweed my plot is two hundred yards from the beach and is free I put it on 4 _6 inches deep every November it works great its disappeared in to the soil by march ,April

[@twelvesmylimit]

I've got a bay in my compost bay for manure, to rot down for a year before use.

[@neeway1620]

I've also noticed the dry layer once the manure settles. But..... this year I have noticed way less slug damage. I'm starting to think the slugs hate going over the dry straw.

[@michaelwilkins9416]

I've just filled 10 beds..........each bed is 1m x 1.2mx 0.5, used 78 bags from the local stables, some of it's been there over 5 years so well rotted......i'm disabled so this is the only way for me, what most people can do in 2 hours takes me all day.........get a builders bag and store it til next year.

[@Ronlocke]

you can always tell your king charles its ok to learn a bit about your life

[@astromadness]

As previous comment really. It needs to be rotted. This will ensure the straw type material is rotted down, also if done correctly, weeds seeds are destroyed by the heat generated by the composting process. After that, you may find that digging it in isn't too necessary. But you need to play the long game and leave it for a good 9 to 12 months before putting it on the beds . 👍

[@graemesgreatescape]

Great info, I’ll fill up my composter with some then 👍