Manure!!! have I goofed

Having read the Digging section I wonder if I have goofed?
I have a new veg patch 18foot * 18foot which is newly recovered from lawn and on very light sandy soil. A friend offered me some 5 year + cow muck which had more worms in than the avarage wormery and so ( as it was free ) I heaped 30 barrow loads and left them on the surface as I was planning on raised beds but had not got the wood. The question is when the worms and I have done our jobs and dug it in will I have ruined it for root crop? I initialy assumed that most of the nutriants would have leached out by now and that I had put in the muck to improve the sandy soil structure. I was planning on adding bone meal in February. Advice please.

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ttfn

 

You won't have ruined it, but it won't hurt to delay roots for a year. A good first crop would be potatoes, brassicas, leeks and onions They would all love the rich manure

 

I tend to agree
Dig it well in
If you plant carrots this year you may get some appearing with very unusual shapes :D
(Apologies if Mother Nature offends)

 

That is so naughty!!!

I think you have a wonderful asset - in the manure I mean.

Having just sold my horse I am deeply moaning the loss of the Sh1T which killed me trailing up and down the garden, but looking back it was all worth it.

Get diggin and enjoy!

 

You can add salad crops, radishes, strawberries, all cane fruit, artichokes, marrows and their ilk, most cut flowers, beans and peas to Hornbeam's list. Apart from a couple of root veg I can't think of anything to avoid. It's all good addition. What is the pH like?

 

Thanks for the replies, this site is impressive, I have not checked the pH as uet but I assumed that as it had stood for 5 years and more (there is still about 250 tons left) that it would be low. Will let you know when I get out the test tube.
ttfn

 

pH of the soil, not the cr*p!

 

hehehe

 

beginners have to begin somewhere.
ttfn

 

And at least I know the relevence of soil testing. A friend has a company that tests farms and provides lime ect. Will get a propper job done. He did say that our soil is in the right range and slightly acid. His is 6.7 on average and thinks mine should be similar although not nessarily so ( he lives next door).
ttfn

 

You should probably get away with a soil test kit from the local garden centre. It only becomes relevant if it is way off neutral in which case the nature of the organic matter being added might become relevant. Sandy soil couild be either acid/neutral/alkaline, hence my question. Didn't mean to sound sharp.. sounds as if a quick eyeball from your friend next door will furnish you with an accurate enough answer!

PS what does ttfn mean?

 

ttfn .... ta ta for now
I took the reply to be light hearted hence my 'hehehe'
Hope I didn't offend

 

Hi Whis4ey,
No apols nessessary. If you can't have a bit of fun, it's a real bad day.
Anyway I used to sort of sell things for a living, the skins like rino hide.
ttfn

 

Oldwinegum- if you've got too much of that lovely stuff, just post it over to me!

 

Casey.
No problem, just let me have a jiffy bag.
ttfn

[ 01. December 2006, 12:11 PM: Message edited by: oldwinegum ]