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Originally Posted by gflynn
I believe that the manure was a year or more old. It was crawling with worms. Based on what I heard from the MD Extension Service and the folks on the Disease part of this forum I figure it is probably ammonia.
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i disagree, ammonia would be high in fresh not year old manure. if that manure was a year old there's no way it would burn your plants. also only old aged manure would have worms in it, fresh manure is too 'hot' for worms as it is for plant roots. fresh manure is not good to use but year old is not going to hurt your plants. maybe some chemical was sprayed on it to kill weeds but i'd expect that to harm worms?
do what i do and when you want to add it, i only add manure every 4-5 years due to the salts in it, do it in the fall when the garden is done. add some leaves and dig or till it under. come spring you are all set. as i said, llama and rabbit is the only manure you can add to the hole when it is fresh. heed the warning of using fresh manure around leafy greens etc.
greg if you need seeds pm me with your list.
tom