Aged horse manure

I just found a wonderful stable/riding school near my home that gives away any and all the aged manure I could ever want (need).
My question is, can I plant directly in this wonderful crumbly dirt looking compost or does it HAVE to be mixed with other things (soil)? Smells like dirt, looks like dirt, feels like dirt....so is it now dirt? LOL
I was told it is well over a year old.

This message was edited May 4, 2004 7:30 PM

Hi Marc !!! . . . . I have some aged horses too ...........LOL

..............If it smells and looks like dirt it is prolly more than a year old which is good. Aging outdoors accomplishes the task of leaching some of the N out. I still would not plant directly in it.

That's why we spread fresh manure in the fall and till it in next spring.

*rambling on*..................I started a whole veggie garden on one of my unused manure piles . Guess it was 7 or 8 years old. It's like walking on a big sponge out there. The only prob I had was from lack of Ca, once i figured that out everything is super =)................

So watch the N .

While I got you here LOOKY !!!


This message was edited May 8, 2004 7:55 AM

Thanks for the info Scooter.....I'll keep that all in mind.
And thanks too for the gorgeous pic of your iris. WOW!!!

Dija notice the name on that one ??? Starship Enterprise !

Ya know I hardly ever read the text on pix...sorry :-(
WOW now I have to have it!!!!! Gimmie gimmie gimmie
LOL!!!!!!