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is well rotted horse manure bedded on shredded paper or shavings ok to use for growing veg




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Sound perfect to me - mix it into the veg patch now and it will be great for growing in spring.

18 Jan, 2012

 

Isn't there something about not using manure if you want to grow root crops?

18 Jan, 2012

 

Yup carrots and parsnips need a lean sandy soil, no muck :-)

18 Jan, 2012

 

Legumes (Beans, Runner Beans, Peas etc) and Cucurbitaceae (courgette, cucumber, Butternut Squash, Pumpkin etc) will like it. I would not grow carrots in the ground, only in troughs.

18 Jan, 2012

 

Brassicas and potatoes will be fine with too. Carrots and parsnips are fine in the ground so long as you don't manure first.

18 Jan, 2012

 

Don't plant/sow directly into the manure though, it is much too rich. It should be buried under a few inches of soil so that the roots have to go down to it.

18 Jan, 2012

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