I am a beginner and I need some advice. I live in Dundee and I was wondering if it is too late for me to put manure or compost into the ground now.
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Hi Davetosh - welcome to the Vine!
I think that it depends on what you are growing, and how fresh the manure is. If it is going to be a potato bed, I'd bung manure on in a thick layer even if it is quite fresh - after all, you aren't going to be planting anything in the bed for best part of two months, I wouldn't have thought, and it will be fine by then.
If you are going to be growing root veg in the bed, then I'd leave well alone and not add anything.
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Originally posted by davetosh251 View Post...put manure or compost into the ground
Originally posted by davetosh251 View PostI was thinking growing ... courgettes,and squashAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Originally posted by davetosh251 View PostI was thinking growing Broad Beans,courgettes,and squash that I got from the magazine
Then when planting out dig a hole about the size of a small bucket & place shredded newspaper in the bottom and fill the hole with manure and place plants into manure.
Manure tends to hold water which is vital to a good crop.
Plants need LOTS of water & I tend to give my plants about a gallon of water each most days.Last edited by bubblewrap; 01-02-2013, 05:14 PM.The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years.
Brian Clough
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Hope the manure is not to new...........not if it's going next to the house
Why not try and make some manure tea, or weed/comfrey/nettle/seaweed tea while you are waiting for get started with the seeds? By the time you get all the stuff organised for it, and start it, then the seeds will be coming up and you'll be looking for fertilisers to water them with. Don't put the teas near the house either tho, or you might end up in the dog house.Ali
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