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Re: fresh manure in desert gardening?

I get more weed seeds from cow manure because the hay around here is cut
in July and is quite weedy.  While the cows digest more of the weed
seeds than horses do, the volume of seeds is so high that some get
through.  Also, the cows spill hay into the manure which intoduces weed
seeds.  The horses in the area are fed alfalfa hay and grain which does
not contain weed seeds in large numbers.  They are "grazed" in paddocks
in which the weeds never mature.  But you still need to compost horse
manure because it is too "hot" to use directly.

Steve  (Maritime...)

HMccabe105@aol.com wrote:
> 
>      hi
>       you can use cow manure fresh it wont burn,if you want to use horse
> manure you will have to cover it for about a year to kill all the weed seeds
> 
>                                                              have a good one
>                                                                       herb
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