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advice on too hot manure

Hi All--

A reader of my Vegetable Gardens Web site and a beginning gardener is
looking for advice--here's her problem:
>And as a
>beginner, I have made a terrible error!! In my haste to get things
>rolling, I added horse manure to my compost heap, mixed it all up and
>tilled it into my clay soil. When my seedling transplants started to
>turn pale, I started asking questions and have come to find out that the
>horse manure was not sufficiently aged and therefore too strong for the
>little plants. Is there anything that you know of that I can add to the
>garden to reverse the effects of the super-poop? Is it too late for my
>garden? 
>
I once added equisetum (horsetail) to my compost pile, and ended up pulling
indestructable horsetail out of my garden for the next several years, but I
never had the opportunity to make the above mistake--any suggestions
welcome--here or you can post on the bulletin board on my Web site if you
prefer:
http://vegetablegarden.miningco.com/mpboards.htm

thanks for all your help and info,
Havi

Havi Hoffman
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