Cost of Manure for Flowers

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:25

I never bought manure in my life but this morning a chap knocked on my door and he was selling them in large sacks, 20 TL/sack. He estimated that I needed 11 sacks for my garden and he offered to do the work free of charge. So he unloaded the sacks and is coming Monday morning to look afer my flowers, cut the grass very deep and manure everything for 240 TL. I may employ him regularly if he can deliver good results. What do you think of the price?

ismet

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:29

İsmet! The price is good but something smells bad about this

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:37

Ismet abi,if you can get yourself to this part of the island,as much as you need........free.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:41

I paid 10Tl a sack last year for sheep shit,delivered but not spread.It was quite old and no smell.

I will have a word with my friend Salahi this year





Mike

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:41

Yorgozlu, now you are talking chicken s***, aren't you

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:43

bigOz,no,the real thing from my lambs and goats.....................





Mike,let me know when you need some.

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:47

Yorgozlu; that's what I meant! The "real thing" because I though you had a small chicken farm or something (I remember you offering fresh eggs once - please forgive my ignorance if made a mistake)

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 15:49

mikelapta; "It was quite old and no smell."

You are getting a bit kinky in your old age are you not...

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 16:02

bigOz

no offence was thought of,can't do out of respect.Eggs are from my friend,neighbours farm.I get just about enough for myself from my own.



have some pig sh*t too if anyone interested......

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 16:09

Yorgozlu,

I will take your word for it and bring my empty sacks to you.

ismet

rejela


Joined: 09/02/2011
Posts: 293

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 16:20

Elko, did you pay the man up front? Because if you did he may never return!

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 16:23

no need for empty sucks Ismet abi as I have plenty from feeds.Let me know nearer to time and I'll bag up as much as you want,need.

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 16:47

Thanks Sahali,may need you and rotivator and rain first





Mike

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 16:52

To Big Oz....you are the second person to say I am old today.And I was going to reply about Turkish lessons.Are you too young to teach me?

Age is but a number !!!!

That's what my 31 year old gf says



Mike

janjin



Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 488

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 17:57

Hi Ismet,

Before you use the manure for the garden it needs to decompose.

We buy year old manure for our garden in England, I don't know if the process would be quicker in TRNC?

The manure hasn't much smell when it's this old.

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 18:17

Broken down goats manure is the best that we have found for our garden, as long as it is broken down i.e. not pellets but more of a powder then you cannot go wrong.

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 19:04

I;m not an expert gardener-but agree manure should be well rotted before use,fresh manure has a high acidic content which will kill many plants.

Though some plants ,shrubs and trees prefer acidic fertiliser such as acers(maples)and many conifers-suggest you do a google search on 'ericacious'.

Hope this helps.

PS-a soil testing kit is a worthwhile purchase.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 19:33

Thanks Yorgozlu.

I got the eleven sacks of manure lined up in my front garden and I will not pay a penny until the job is done. I passed by the sacks a minute ago and I did not smell anything, so that must be good. The chap claims to be a gardener with nine men working for him, so I may hire him for routinbe maintenance but first I must see the results. He claims that he was a top gardenerer at the bases but they all say that. We will see. Oh, he claims that his manure is free from unwanted seeds because he spreys them with some pesticides.

ismet

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
08/10/2011 23:01

When I first moved into my house, the builder's foreman asked me to leave the gate open one morning - asked why he said "I am going to leave a load of "s***" in your drive"! Turned out to be a present of several bags of goats/sheeps manure and gave the new garden a really good start. Have been buying sheep/goats manure at approx 5 - 7 TL per bag for years, never checked the age, but no smell and produces good results.



Last year the Catalkoy Riding Stables advertised free horse manure (which in England was always considered best for rosesand makes a good mulch because of the stray content) for collection. BUT that is fresh and must be left to rot, so I decided it would be too much of an effort to devise somewhere to keep it where the dogs wouldn't be constantly trying to get into it for a really delightful roll.

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
09/10/2011 09:15

mikelapta;

I couldn't agree with you more, regarding the age because we are in the same boat. The comment was meant as a joke, and I am sure (I hope!) that's how everyone else took it as

Elko! Look what you've done now! Do you realise we have all been talking about a load of bull sh** for the past 20 posts!

Someone once told me that chicken manure is the best for plants, but traditionally people have been using cow and horse manure for farming in Cyprus. It could well have been because they were/are more abundant.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
09/10/2011 09:26

Actually I was told that pigeon manure is the strongest but has to be well aged. The famous gigantic water melons from Diyarbakir are grown with pigieon manure.



The subject may be shit but I see that many are interested in it

ismet

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
09/10/2011 09:36

Pidgeon guano can pose a health hazzard

Simbas

bigOz


Joined: 29/09/2010
Posts: 1244

Message Posted:
09/10/2011 10:00

I thought the pigeon shit is very acidic and I agree with Simbas that it may be a health hazard! But I guess the Turks have grown immune to shite...

caulkhead


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 149

Message Posted:
04/11/2011 12:37

Was there ever any concesus as to what was the best manure please and where to get hold of the well rotted stuff?