Fresh manure

 

Would hot shit still burn if I put it at the bottom of the hole and
plant transplants on top if it?

 



I'm inclined to say yes.  If it's 'hot,' then it's packin' a goodly amount
of nitrogen, which will burn your roots.

 

I'm tempted to wonder is this a serious question.
"TQ" <ToweringQs AT adelphia.net> wrote in message

 

Probably...

I'd use it as a "tea" personally.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

 

No, actually it wouldn't.
Whether it's a good idea depends on what you are transplanting over it.
Probably not a good idea for cabbage. Much better for pumpkins.
The one and only way I was ever able to grow edible melons up here was
to dig a trench about 14 inches deep, fill it almost level full of very
fresh horse manure and then put the soil I dug out, back on top. This
created a raised bed where I placed melon transplants. Two days later, a
soil thermometer stuck into the raised bed was 15 to 20 degrees warmer
than soil a few feet away. I also covered the ridge with black plastic
(before the plants went in), which was a part of why the raised bed was
warmer.
With both watermelon and muskmelon, the difference is like day and
night. Ten times as much vine growth in our cool climate.

Steve in the Adirondacks