Horse Manure Tea?

Leesa

I am not sure whether your "tea" is being strained. I would have some concerns about whether it might contain weed seeds or other undesirable additives. This is typically the reason that most gardeners do not use manure directly without first composting it to kill off whatever is not desirable in your soil.

I would also think you might reach new degrees of "cra@ppy smell" - but maybe no worse than fish fertilizer

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whidn

Ok I will be a man about and apolagize if I stepped on anyones toes. I did post messages before that went un replied, 2 as a matter of fact. The first post last night was on a thread that hadnt been active in about 2 weeks. I figured it would go unread so I started this thread. As far as the sarcasm, Everyone has a bad day now and then.
Thats all I have to say about that..............
Now that thats out the way.......................

I was planning on using old manure out of the bottom of a horse stall, Put it in a bucket with some water, Let is soak for a few hours, strain it, and use the water. I was going to either water over the top or set the pots into the tea.
I wasnt sure if this would be safe.
Leesa, since I am making tea and straining it, Should I still use composted manure?

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Leesa

Hey - what do I know about horse cr@p? No smart a_ _ remarks!

Yes - definitely you need to compost it - see the post from Jay. Typically, compost is composed of other materials that break down over a time to become a humus soil-like material - I guess you could then make a "tea" with it.

If it were me - I would not even go to the stable - I would stick with the more tried and true (and much much easier) applications. By the time you shovel it, compost it for weeks and make tea and strain this brew - you could have gone to the store and picked up some fish fertilizer and had time to water all your trees every day for a week or two. I suspect it may not reach the same level of cr@ppy smell as compost normally does not smell - however I have never tried it with manure - just clippings and vegetative matter.

More importantly - it is questionable if you will see any better results for your efforts in the end. I seriously doubt it.

So - that's my 2 cents!

whidn

I have a vegatable compost heap in the back. Do you think that would make good tea?
I just thaught S!@# would be better.

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