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Anyone ever tried this? I'm hoping to remove muck from a 4 acre pond but I need to put it somewhere. Muck is 2-3 feet deep in most places. We've got 20 acres of farm ground adjacent to the pond. I was thinking about spreading the muck out in a thin layer over the field. I figure this would help the muck dry out and then could be tilled into the ground which would help improve the soil. Could the muck be spread with a manure spreader or something similar? Surely someone has had this idea before. Let me know your opinions.
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Muck makes great soil amendment. The only caveat is if the previous owner used a lot of copper sulphate to treat algae. Maybe a soil test for heavy metals and other nasties would be appropriate if you don't know the history of the pond.
A friend has a farm that is mostly muck soil. Takes a while to dry out so they can plant, but they get great yields from it.
If the muck is the same consistency of manure, I don't see why a manure spreader wouldn't work.
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I'm no expert, but when we had one of our ponds redug by the owner of a excavating firm who got me subscribed to Pond Boss, he chose to have his crews place the muck in 2 locations on our pastures. The 2 plots are about 25 x 25 yards apiece and what they dug out w/ track hoe and dozer ended up about 4 feet thick and we stopped them at the 1/2 acre point for the pond. He advised me to let it sit for a year or two to let it dry before attempting to spread it. The only way that I think it could be spread efficiently is w/ a dozer. I plan to have it tested through the county extension office before we do spread it. It seems maybe overly fertile.
We also compost horse manure and it does have a similar consistency after the manure has composted for a few years, but I think it would take us forever to spread it with a spreader.
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Is the field in production of some type already? Or, are you just wanting the amendment for future use?
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yes, the field is in production in a corn/soybean rotation.
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