What can grow in organic horse compose?
I would not grow anything directly in horse compost. It is very seedy as it does not go through the number of stomachs a cow has for a digestive system. It really needs to be aged and mixed with other compost or lots of soil. It needs to mellow and breakdown a lot. Then most anything can be grown with the horse compost. Q: I have a question regarding composting grass clippings. I wanted to begin composting primarily to dispose of my grass clippings in a useful way, but my lawn is treated with fertilizer and herbicides. Is it ever safe to use those clippings in the composting process? If I cut my grass several times after using the herbicide, is it then safe to begin composting the grass clippings? Or does the herbicide “saturate” ALL the grass as it grows? A: Sadly, I would not compost any plant material that has been treated with a herbicide. The residual effect is found years later. One never knows when the side effects will diminish. That’s what makes a herbicide so good. Yes, the h
