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Stable Manure with wood chips

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  Posted by mutt44 (U14448910) on Friday, 13th January 2012

  I have been given a load of horse muck which has a lot of wood chip in it I have heard that it can be detrimental to the garden though, has anyone got any Ideas on this please.

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  Posted by realfood (U13916672) on Friday, 13th January 2012

  Yes, it is a bit of a problem if your horse manure is like the stuff that was delivered to our allotments last year, and most of it is still in a heap several months later!! The members have spoken. Ours had a very high percentage of chips and shavings. As these rot down in the ground, the bacteria use up nitrogen, depriving your plants of the nitrogen. At the moment, I have some rotting down in a heap for a year or so before applying it to the ground.
  Remember to do the "bean test" before adding it to your ground to check that it is not contaminated with aminopyralid.

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  Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 14th January 2012

  I agree with realfood.
  
  Don't want to sound cynical but it could the reason why you were given it for free... I got several bags from the roadside, October time, left out by farmers, one farmer had filled bags 2/3 full of chippings and only the top 1/3 was muck, fortunately not all farmers are the same and some bags were all muck.
  
  If the muck is layed on top of the chippings just use the muck and throw the chippings away. It's not to late to get further free bags from the roadside. Farmers/stables tend to leave it out in the autumn and then again early spring, although it'll be to rich to use this year and will need to rot down.

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