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Horse manure ( just poop )
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Posted by fespo 5 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 14, 09 at 21:55
| Hello all, I found a guy that will give me pick-up truck loads of just horse poop, no bedding. So do I use it the same as with bedding or not. I plan to mix it in with my shreded leaves. My leaves are cooking at or around 130-140 degrees right now. My bins of leaves are about 12ft x 4 x 3ft high. I do have a 4" drain tile with holes down the middle on the bottom for air. So is just horse poop a brown or green? ( some is brown and some is green in the middle :) ) By the way my family thinks im crazy for the fact that I like getting horse manure, and free to boot. thanks for you help fespo |
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RE: Horse manure ( just poop )
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| The green vs brown question doesn't really have to do with color, but with the ratio of carbon to nitrogen. Horse poop is a green. |
RE: Horse manure ( just poop )
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| A good rule of thumb to follow when using animal manure to make compost is to mix 3 parts vegetative waste to 1 part animal manure. That gets very close to the optimal 30:1 C:N ratio. |
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