Very Well Rotted Manure!

pambler

My landlord was moving their not used for some years stable muck heap the other day - basically it has rotted for so long that it now looks like soil, lovely dark and fine. I asked if I could get a couple of bags, and bless him, he came and dumped a tractor bucket of the stuff on the ground next to my garden for me.

I've dug a fair bit into my beds, but my question is, can I use it 'neat' for planting, and also for earthing up my potatoes in bags?

madjackslam

I'd use it for earthing up potatoes, but not sure about "neat" for planting. In the ground it will be OK, but in pots could be variable, and depends what you're potting up. If it's a pot of annuals that you haven't spent much on I'd be tempted to try it. If it's something expensive, would be tempted not.

lostinrates

Apparently they get super looking tomatoes at sewage treatment works.......

pambler

Sounds delicious!

madjackslam

Isn't that because the tomato seeds, um, "pass through the system"? My uncle used to get compost from a local sewage plant, and tomatoes would come up everywhere each year.

trollopscarletwoman

lostinrates wrote: »

Apparently they get super looking tomatoes at sewage treatment works.......

Absolutely true.

Tomatoes have tough seeds and make tough plants.

Any tomato grower will vouch for how last years rotted tomatoes self seed and sprout up as if from nowhere.

This year I've grown on a few of these self seeding ones and they appear to be doing well.

thewhiteavenger

pambler wrote: »

I've dug a fair bit into my beds, but my question is, can I use it 'neat' for planting, and also for earthing up my potatoes in bags?

Try a courgette - I used to plant one in a semi-rotted manure heap and they used to love it!