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In days of old, if a horse should 'dump' just outside your gate, it
was usual to rush out with bucket and spade to collect it and spread
it around your roses.

Well, the first two things happened here yesterday, and I now have a
bucket of horse manure. But I don't grow roses, and am wondering what
else to do with it. Is it OK to spread it neat around any shrub, or is
it likely to burn their roots, in which case adding it to the compost
heap might be a safer bet?

Opinions please.
--

Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall, very mild, sheltered
from the West, but open to the North and East.
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From Newsgroup: uk.rec.gardening

On 04/06/2025 09:12, Chris Hogg wrote:

In days of old, if a horse should 'dump' just outside your gate, it
was usual to rush out with bucket and spade to collect it and spread
it around your roses.

Well, the first two things happened here yesterday, and I now have a
bucket of horse manure. But I don't grow roses, and am wondering what
else to do with it. Is it OK to spread it neat around any shrub, or is
it likely to burn their roots, in which case adding it to the compost
heap might be a safer bet?

Opinions please.

It is a great general purpose fertiliser. Beware it is VERY strong and
can 'burn ' plants if over applied

But further beware.

The ex once got given a cartload.
It killed everything it touched.
It was laced with a pasture weedkiller that kills everything except
grass, and persists.
Aminopyralid. (Grazon)

Read up on it.

https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/manure-garden/
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In article <khvv3k98kooj0ugslgadbnajm7j4rd7bg9@4ax.com>,
me@privacy.net says...

In days of old, if a horse should 'dump' just outside your gate, it
was usual to rush out with bucket and spade to collect it and spread
it around your roses.

Well, the first two things happened here yesterday, and I now have a
bucket of horse manure. But I don't grow roses, and am wondering what
else to do with it. Is it OK to spread it neat around any shrub, or is
it likely to burn their roots, in which case adding it to the compost
heap might be a safer bet?

Opinions please.

I add layers of it to the compost heap to heat it up and
speed decomposition.

Janet
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On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 12:30:25 +0100, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 04/06/2025 09:12, Chris Hogg wrote:

In days of old, if a horse should 'dump' just outside your gate, it
was usual to rush out with bucket and spade to collect it and spread
it around your roses.

Well, the first two things happened here yesterday, and I now have a
bucket of horse manure. But I don't grow roses, and am wondering what
else to do with it. Is it OK to spread it neat around any shrub, or is
it likely to burn their roots, in which case adding it to the compost
heap might be a safer bet?

Opinions please.

It is a great general purpose fertiliser. Beware it is VERY strong and
can 'burn ' plants if over applied

But further beware.

The ex once got given a cartload.
It killed everything it touched.
It was laced with a pasture weedkiller that kills everything except
grass, and persists.
Aminopyralid. (Grazon)

Read up on it.

https://www.tenthacrefarm.com/manure-garden/

Thank you for that warning. I don't need it that badly - I've dumped
it!
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Chris

Gardening in West Cornwall, very mild, sheltered
from the West, but open to the North and East.
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