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- From: Bob Klebba <nicmad!klebba%astroatc.uucp@spool.cs.wisc.edu>
- Subject: Manure in the orchard
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 04:24:11 GMT
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- I have access to quite a bit of horse manure. Oak shavings are used as
- the bedding at this stable, so the mixture is quite dry. It is difficult
- to compost on its own, so I'm looking at ways to add it to my garden
- directly. Can I put it in the Apple/Plum orchard as top dressing? If
- so, to what depth? I was thinking the manure would help to keep the
- weeds down and would eventually get worked into the soil.
-
- I am only worried that the fresh manure might injure the fruit trees'
- roots or upset some hitherto unknown chemical balance. I know that
- clematis, peonies and other lime lovers don't tolerate top dressings of
- manure.
-
- Bob Klebba
- Madison, Wisconsin, USDA zone 4
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- "Feed the soil, not the plant"
-