Tomatoes&Things
Chillin' In The Garden
How well does lettuce like manure? I put some around my 2-3 week old plants today. Do you think it will hurt them? This is well rotted manure, 5-6 yrs old.
Composting around Lettuce
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OaklandCityFarmer
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So did it hurt them?
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Tomatoes&Things
Chillin' In The Garden
No, there doing great. I spread the rotted manure around them just enough so that it was not touching them. Then I put some light mulch over the manure and watered them real good. They are starting to take of now and the manure and mulch is helping keep the mosture in.
bills
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5-6 year old compost is fine for around any plants. It would be well cooled off by now, and well aged compost doesn't as a rule, have a high nitrogen content. I say as a rule, as I imagine that if one was to put chicken manure in a sealed plastic bag for 5-6 years, it could burn plants still. A regular compost of leaves, grass clippings, egg shells, carrot peels, etc., from a compost pile should do nothing but help the soil.
