Muck muck glorious muck...

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  1. roders

    roders Total Gardener

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    :) Look what I found today,an endless supply of horse muck..
    Help yourself mate I was told.........so I did.............As you see I didn't make a very big hole in it.
    But I can always go back:).


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  2. Paladin

    Paladin Gardening...A work of Heart

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    :eek:You lucky so and so!...:thumb:
     
  3. Freddy

    Freddy Miserable git, well known for it

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    Superb, looks well rotted too !
     
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    OMG, im Green with Envy Roders.. [​IMG]
     
  5. Kristen

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    Rodders: Where abouts in Suffolk is that, and would they be willing to give, or sell, some to me?

    Thanks
     
  6. roders

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    :) Hi Kristen..
    It's in Newmarket,where else would you find all that horse sh*t?
    It's only because I was working there that I was able to have it.
     
  7. JWK

    JWK Gardener Staff Member

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    Looks good roders, sorry to keep banging on about this but did you make sure it is not contaminated with the weedkiller aminopyralid? I'm suspicious because the grass verge right next to the pile looks weed free.
     
  8. Little Miss Road Rage

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    I've got a supply of free muck too hopefully just gotta wait till it dries out a bit
     
  9. capney

    capney Head Gardener

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    I recall a few back years back that someone worked this out::::
    If the motor car had not been invented and we all had to rely on hourses...
    The whole land mass of this world of ours would be 3 foot under with horses do-do.
    Just think about this for awile..

    No global warming caused by toxic fuel emissions.
    No plantery food famine because of the amazing crops that are being grown !
    Sorted
    Robert
     
  10. Kandy

    Kandy Will be glad to see the sun again soon.....

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    Lucky man Roders,though I agree with JWK after all this talk of that dreaded weedkiller:eek:

    I expect to see some photos of very large flowers in your garden next year:thumb::D;)
     
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    :) Fair point JW....John..............
    I am assuming rightly or wrongly as this muck was collected from grassland that is grazed by some of the worlds most expensive stallions,that it would be OK.
    Time will tell.
     
  12. JWK

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    roders - as far as I know they use this weedkiller on grasslands to get the best possible quality hay/fodder. It doesn't affect livestock so they won't worry about their horses. I have found that tomatoes are worst affcted, so if you have chance do a small test - take some sideshoots from your existing tomatoes right now (the biggest ones you can find) and stick them in a 50/50 mix of your new compst and ordinary garden soil. I've done this a couple of times this summer and found that the dodgy manure will show its effect after 2 or 3 weeks.
     
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    Maybe also stick a couple in a pot of known-good compost as a "control" ... so you know you didn't kill them off by too much TLC or whatever :thumb:
     
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    :) Thanks John and Kristen...........
    I am aware of this from the earlier thread and am certainly going to do the test,will be most dissapointed if it fails the test though,but supose it's better than losing key plants.....
    Watch this space.
     
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    Well if it fails the test you can still use it on plants that are not susceptible. Also if you mix it with soil you can accelerate the breakdown of the weedkiller and it might be OK to use next autumn (it needs the bacteria in the soil to work on the chemical).
     
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