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04-26-2009, 10:26 AM
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Cow Manure/Soil Topdress
Well it was a ton of work without a topdressing machine. We ended up shoveling it out of the truck and running over it with my power rake. I have two of three areas completed but lack the area on the right side of my driveway.
Manure was from a cow farm and had topsoil mixed it. Manure had already went through it heating process so It should be mostly weed free (hoping). Yes, I need pine straw. It will be in this week. Rose bush is also going to get relocated.
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04-26-2009, 11:38 AM
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pee yew! i can smell it from here... lol, JK
looks alright, you might want to rake those clumps in a little better? or go back in a week or so depending on rain?
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04-26-2009, 01:44 PM
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it might not smell now but when it rains again... you might be looking for another way of doing that...
Otherwise... I fear the weed seed issue, I don't know if I could trust them with the "heating." Keep us posted though... Did you dump it in one spot and then spread it? When I messed up... the yard was great except the place I dumped my piles and spread from, those were burnt pretty badly... but they came back nicely though... I guess the oils accumulated there quicker being a high amount stayed in one spot even though they were spread within minutes.
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04-26-2009, 02:58 PM
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Looks good...The lawn will love It
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04-26-2009, 03:16 PM
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Did you areate first, I usually throw around 20 bags of that manure that I buy at Lowes every time I aerate, it has a lot of sand and that helps the caly soil.
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04-26-2009, 05:37 PM
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I aerated a few weeks ago. What I did was just take the load around the lawn and shovel out little piles. The clumps are not bothering me as they will bust up when I mow. It smells pretty bad right now but the smell doesn't bother me, though it may bother my neighbors.
All I need now is another load and some rain. I plan to do this again this year but am going to see if I can find a topdresser even a manual one would be fine.
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04-26-2009, 06:38 PM
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Good job! Next time, top dress sooner after aeration in order to get more of the compost into the holes before they fill in. I aerate & top dress the same day, then power seed in a week or so.
I am also concerned about whether or not the manure was correctly composted enough to eliminate weed seeds and pathogens.
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04-26-2009, 08:40 PM
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those clumps may cause some burning if it smells dry...
AND if it smells without rain... thats not going to go over too well with the HOA I'm sure...
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04-26-2009, 09:10 PM
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If it burns it it wont hurt it much, my lawn is so stressed from last 2 years drought it aint even funny. Anything will be an improvement. I will post pictures in about 1-2 weeks when it greens up fully.
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