Best Manure

[Strawberry patch]

Good morning peeps....Been surfing the net for best farmyard bags of manure and i am getting different reviews...What have you guys been using and what results have you been getting....thank you and much appreciated peeps.

[Nicos]

We use well rotted organic cow manure.
After the aminopyralid scare a few years ago, I’m now really cautious about the origins of my straw and manure.

Apart from the herbicides ingested by the animals producing the manure, I now also shy away from horse or donkey poo as I find they introduce more weeds than the better digested cow manure.

Are you able to collect small amounts of well rotted cow manure or are you only looking into bags of ready made compost/ manure?

[Strawberry patch]

Hi Nicos...I am looking for ready made manure thanks

[ameno]

Most bagged manure sold commercially is actually only about 50% manure, the rest is bulked out with composted green waste, so it's not ideal.

[rary]

I use pelleted chicken manure and find them satisfactory for feeding the soil, though not ideal if you are looking for bulk to create an open soil

[Strawberry patch]

I use pelleted chicken manure and find them satisfactory for feeding the soil, though not ideal if you are looking for bulk to create an open soil

The manure is to mulch raspberry plants

[rary]

I would suggest hiding with straw with some pelleted manure mixed through it, if you can't guarantee the straw being clear of herbicide use grass clippings mixed with cardboard[ which can be shredded with a lawnmower,the reason for the cardboard is to keep the mulch open, I have found that just mulching with grass causes it to compact and unless good lawn will lead to moss forming

[Strawberry patch]

I would suggest hiding with straw with some pelleted manure mixed through it, if you can't guarantee the straw being clear of herbicide use grass clippings mixed with cardboard[ which can be shredded with a lawnmower,the reason for the cardboard is to keep the mulch open, I have found that just mulching with grass causes it to compact and unless good lawn will lead to moss forming

Thank you rary

[rary]

Thank you rary

That hiding with straw should read, mulching with straw. Some day I will get the better of this auto correct

[peanut]

I bought Levington manure from Wickes this year and it seems fine, I've previously bought Westland but this wasn't available this year. I always use bagged manure for mulching (and mixing into some pot grown veggies) along with any homemade compost I might have and a dusting of FBB here and there.