Re: [CH] mulching?

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DON'T DO IT! he shouted. Composted steer manure is scraped off of 
feed lots where they feed all kinds of stuff to cattle to make them 
gain weight quickly. While steer manure is organic, it can contain as
much as 10% salt which is deadly to most plants.

The only way I would use steer manure would be to amend sandy well 
drained soil and I wouldn't plant for a year to be sure that all of 
the salt had leached out.

Dave Anderson
Tough Love Chile Co.
http://www.powernet.net/~chilehed1

 
> My plants have been in the ground and or containers for a few weeks now.
> I didn't prep the soil as well as I wanted to this year. Lack of funds at
> the time. I was thinking about mulching around the chiles with dehydrated
> manure from the garden center. Any ideas or advice on this matter would be
> greatly appreciated.
> Steve

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