Horse manure is very strong/hot. If you use it before it has set for some time or mixed in the pile, it will burn the plants, just like too much 12-12-12.
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Horse manure is very strong/hot. If you use it before it has set for some time or mixed in the pile, it will burn the plants, just like too much 12-12-12.
txdon
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Kyle, only south of Hyw 290.
Kyle_in_Tex
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I thought strong was good for compost??? But I admit, my biochemistry is lacking. Although we now have a business that tests for pathegens in food in our big building at work.
Horse apples are fine in the compost pile that is going to sit and work for awhile.
Not good to put directly around plants or a growing garden by itself.
Most folks have at least 2 compost piles. One that is old and ready for use and one that new stuff is put in to cook and decompose.
Western
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I stayed up late watching the West ,TX coverage Death toll this morning is much less than I was expecting, if there is any good to get out of this.
Looks like so far I have received about .80" rain! :cool2: 37* with the wind chill, that is the biggest "change" I felt opening the back door. temp at 45.5*...so thinking this may be a great "sleep" day:laughing:
Looks like so far I have received about .80" rain! :cool2: 37* with the wind chill, that is the biggest "change" I felt opening the back door. temp at 45.5*...so thinking this may be a great "sleep" day:laughing:
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We got another 3/4" of rain last night, but this time no hail. It was windy, but not much other storming. It rained on and off with no huge downpours. We could get another 1/10" of an inch, but the radar looks like everything is moving toward the south-southeast. Maybe you guys in Central Texas will see some of this. Hope so. . .
Yesterday, in my garden, I noticed three cucumber beetles already eating on my squash seedlings.
I guess I have to treat with insecticide the day my veggies pop out of the ground. The darn cucumber beetles carry wilting virus and spread it by munching on plants. This is the earliest I've ever seen them. If it's not hail, wind, or freezing, it's the bugs. What's a gardener to do?:confused2:
TxDon: I'm surprised at the price of your compost. I think I paid $2.48 a bag in Bowie. The local pricing must be left up to individual stores. I think I've thrown out my receipt, but I'll check in the store the next time I'm there.
Yesterday, in my garden, I noticed three cucumber beetles already eating on my squash seedlings.
I guess I have to treat with insecticide the day my veggies pop out of the ground. The darn cucumber beetles carry wilting virus and spread it by munching on plants. This is the earliest I've ever seen them. If it's not hail, wind, or freezing, it's the bugs. What's a gardener to do?:confused2:TxDon: I'm surprised at the price of your compost. I think I paid $2.48 a bag in Bowie. The local pricing must be left up to individual stores. I think I've thrown out my receipt, but I'll check in the store the next time I'm there.
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We're still getting a light sprinkle, so I haven't gone out and emptied my rain gauge, but from here, it looks like we've gotten just about 1". NWS showed Denton had gotten .73" as of an hour ago.
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Such a horrible tragedy in West last night, wow. But so much courage and bravery from the volunteer emergency responders there! God bless them all!
I was set to get on the tractor and do some shredding this morning, but I woke up around 3am and looked at the radar to see that Mother Nature had other plans. Bummer. I was hoping to get the cut in before late morning while it was nice and dry. I guess I will have to wait a couple days for it to dry out now. So it goes...
Not sure how much rain we'll get here in Tyler, but the radar looks good! Moving pretty slowly, so hopefully it will be a nice, steady hard rain.
I was set to get on the tractor and do some shredding this morning, but I woke up around 3am and looked at the radar to see that Mother Nature had other plans. Bummer. I was hoping to get the cut in before late morning while it was nice and dry. I guess I will have to wait a couple days for it to dry out now. So it goes...
Not sure how much rain we'll get here in Tyler, but the radar looks good! Moving pretty slowly, so hopefully it will be a nice, steady hard rain.
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Amen.
texasjohn
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West really got hammered, can't imagine a blast heard 50 miles away. Who knew a fertilizer plant was THAT dangerous:shocked: Prayers for all. I heard 5 firefighters unaccounted for.
High winds right now, slight rain has moved through, radar shows wetness east of here and moving further away. Low 50's now. Nap time.
High winds right now, slight rain has moved through, radar shows wetness east of here and moving further away. Low 50's now. Nap time.
