Re: Manure Amounts
Steve, I would think that maunre would not do you any good this late.
And if you are using all compost, or broken down manure and organics, why add
unbrokendown manure and organics??? Another thing, I would bet you would
have the worst season of your life growing out of pure compost. I would
assume the nitrogen and levels of all other nutrients would be too high.
Maybe a little like you taking a whole bottle of vitamins in the period of an
hour. Go heavy on the compost but not this heavy.
Greg
--- "Steven R. Freed" <asset-management@email.msn.com> wrote:
> I grow my plants in 5' x 10' x 2' raised beds. The soil I use is a mixture
> of compost and manure without any natural soil. My question is, how much
> composted manure can I use without going to far. Unless I hear otherwise I
> plan on tilling in 4" of manure over the top of each of my three beds.
> Since I plan on tilling only the top 12 inches or so of each bed, that will
> give me a mixture of one third manure to two thirds compost in the top 12"
> of soil. Is this too much? The manure is well composted steer manure from
> Home Depot.
>
> Steve Freed
> Beverly Hills, CA
>
> Starting Seeds on May 25th
>
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