tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post1136200302411186533..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: Gardeners' Question TimeSue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-59662770124239430322008-10-19T10:13:00.000+00:002008-10-19T10:13:00.000+00:00Thanks for this. I know of others who have lost ro...Thanks for this. I know of others who have lost roses too. <BR/>I wouldn't have suggested putting manure down as a mulch on an ornamental bed but then I am not the expert and wondered what others thought. <BR/>The only official advice is either get manure taken away or spread it on grass but neither is very practical is it?<BR/>I suppose another possibiliy is if you have a bit of ground that you can leave without growing anything for a year or so. Spread the manure on it and keep incorporating it into the soil and digging and rotavating until it decomposes. I understand that the manure needs bacteria from the soil to break down the contamination so I am not sure how this happens effectively when the stuff is used as a mulch other than bacteria from the soil being brought up by worms. Guess decomposition of the chemical takes longer though.<BR/><BR/>If you are OK harvesting food that may contain some residue you could grow sweet corn or squashes/pumpkins/courgettes as we found that they don't really suffer, in fact they thrive due to the manure.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-86461197004854003642008-10-19T06:42:00.000+00:002008-10-19T06:42:00.000+00:00We used contaminated manure as a mulch in the orna...We used contaminated manure as a mulch in the ornamental garden and the plants have suffered. Some roses lost all leaves and suffered from die back.They are just recovering.<BR/>I would like to remove all the mulch,but it will be a huge task....and what do we do with it?<BR/><BR/>The veg garden is still showing signs of damage.New rasberry stems are distorted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com