Hello I have a question, it's like the title says, what can I plant into composted horse manure, and what can I plant into fresh horse manure and shavings?
I have tried a little in the composted manure, I find leafy things grow well and taste good quality enough. Chard didnt seem to enjoy it, but spinach and kale seemed fine.
Can I do Cabbage? what about Spinach?
for fresh manure I find it can be put on Raspberries and potatoes grow fine in it. Anyone have experience with Jchokes or sweet potatoes?
oh I've seen that too, we have AMAZING garlic in our broken down manure here.
Do you plant rhubarb in Fresh or broken down manure? i have 2000 rhubarb plants
ps. potatoes in fresh manure do get some scab but it's not as bad as you think, also the potatoes make habbittat for worms so within a year the manure is broken down into fine fine soil.
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Leila Rich
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That's a lot of rhubarb! As far as manuring rhubarb, the only rule is 'more manure!' Fresh, broken down, whatever. Make sure you give well-fed plants plenty of room, they can get massive... I assume you've got a commercial rhubarb venture? Are you in the States?
I've done beans. I've heard all about the rhubarb. Potatoes in a bucket of compost/manure with hay to top. Eggplant. Any heavy feeder. Kohlrabi, Brussel Sprouts...
Any concerns about putting root vegetables in fresh manure? I thought you had to wait a year. I've got potato sets all ready to go out in my pig pens but then I was worried that I had heard something about not planting root crops in fresh manure...
The manure may be too rich for much fruit - may make the plants go more to leaf; but I've read any cucurbits (melons, squash, pumpkins) do very well in manure; also comfrey is supposed to reap a lot of the nutrients from it before they get washed away
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