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Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

My patch is around 750 sqaure feet. Does anyone know how much cow manure I should put down when the season is over.

8/29/2002 12:40:19 PM

San Diego

my best guess would be 2 to 4 yards of manure.

8/29/2002 4:38:51 PM

Tacoma, WA

One uses manure for primarily two reasons.....First, to improve the "tilth" of the soil. Second, to add nutrients to the soil. Both are equally important.
Since we cannot see the condition of your soil, nor do we have a soil report from a laboratory, it is impossible for anyone to definitively make a recommendation. In general, a pick-up load of manure would be adequate for 750 sq.ft. I used twice that amount for my patch! However, I have alot of clay.

Stan

8/29/2002 5:17:14 PM

Commack, NY

my all time favorite topic!........dude, pile it on!! last year i used 21yards in my approximately 1100 square foot patch.......the year before i put down 18 yards........i say you cant get too much of it as long as you put it down in the fall

scott

8/29/2002 6:10:51 PM

Key West, FL

wow im gonna need alot because my feature patch is solid clay it is so hard you can barly dig down 6 inches i may till it all up and push all the crap out of the way and put down tons of good crap

8/29/2002 6:20:13 PM

Tacoma, WA

Ray,
Twenty one yards would be about 7-8 pick-up loads!

Stan
PS. That my friend is a huge pile of shit!

8/29/2002 7:02:07 PM

Commack, NY

LMAO!!!.......ya got that right.......nothing gets me going like a good shovel full........or 7-8 pickup truck loads full!

Scott

8/29/2002 7:06:56 PM

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

Should I till the crap in or should I let it sit all winter and then till it in the spring

8/29/2002 7:28:56 PM

Key West, FL

lol

8/29/2002 7:33:39 PM

Commack, NY

you can do either.......if you till it in the nutrients will remain in the soil longer.....if you let it set on top of the soil and till in the spring, most of the nutrients will be leached out.....or you can do a little of both

scott

8/29/2002 7:52:27 PM

Morris, Connecticut

What kind of manure?? Different manures have much different nutrient concentrations. Also depends on what the animal was being fed on. Open pasture vs. grain fed will lead to much different "outputs"! Also, watch out for weed seeds.

8/29/2002 9:54:24 PM

Deer Park WA

I clean out a couple of friends horse barns all winter, which is about 20 yards of fresh manure. I compost them in big piles all winter covered with a tarp, the piles look cool steaming in the crisp early morning sun! Then about 3 weeks before planting I till down the cover crop, spread the manure and till it in again with my fertilizers. Good luck all, the weigh offs commeth...

8/30/2002 10:26:04 AM

Trumbull, CT 06611, USA

What is the best manure to use. What is everyone out there using

8/30/2002 10:31:08 AM

canal winchester ohio

I use fresh cow manure in the fall, the stuff I used last winter was mixed with straw but by spring you couldn't even tell there was straw in it. And as far as how much I used, I used as much as I could pile on as well as many leaves I could get my hands on.

8/30/2002 10:38:43 AM

North Ga

I used and am using rabbit manure this year with very good results.

8/30/2002 11:01:44 AM

New Brunswick

I use pure decomposed horse manure for soil. I grew a 192 pounder last year using miracle gro 15/30/15. I applied it every other week or so. This year, I am applying 2 tbsp miracle gro dissolved in 2 gallons of water once or twice weekly. But my pumpkins are not gaining as much as everyone else's in here seems to be gaining. What else can I add as a fertilizer? I am also watering daily.

8/30/2002 11:03:25 AM

Key West, FL

i have a chicken farm about 2 minute drive from me i think im gonna put a big load of that down. any suggestions on how much if i have solid clay and 900 sq ft? just cover it till the manure is a couple inches deep all over?

8/30/2002 1:01:41 PM

Cornwall UK.(50N 5W)300ft.

Calf manure is good if you can get it.
They get fed that white liquid stuff.

8/30/2002 1:06:13 PM

Knopp, Germany

AXC good thing you didn't say milk, otherwise.....

8/30/2002 1:26:26 PM

Key West, FL

haha ya dont say milk

8/30/2002 2:04:08 PM

Kuna, Id.

Hey Ben chicken crap is real and I mean real hot be careful. My dad used to make firer crackers out of it. Used to use it all the time in the garden when I was young, fried a lot of plants with it.
Ken

8/30/2002 3:04:47 PM

Commack, NY

like Ken said be REAL careful with chicken manure......the ph tends to be on the basic side so be careful. i used composted chicken manure last year and it wreeekend, nasty nasty stuff. ph was 7.8......so be careful. i mostly use cow manure.

Scott

8/30/2002 5:17:14 PM

Key West, FL

huh well there is nothing growing that i want where i am gonna put it i am gonna get a soil test and if it is acidy then mabey that chiken would be good to neutralize it

8/30/2002 7:07:12 PM