Hemp Bedding Maintenance & Management

Stall maintenance is very different with hemp bedding, and if managed correctly, a more effective and cost efficient product can be achieved. 

1. Manure should be picked at least once per day, twice is better. Removing manure only. DO NOT DIG urine area. Digging can expose a urine spot before it’s ready to remove. Try and remove as little good bedding as possible. Your wheelbarrow should be mostly manure with little to no bedding

2. • Recognize where your horse’s urine spot is, it should start to feel different under your feet after a few days. As urine starts to pack at the bottom over the first few days, exposed wet spots should be covered with fresher bedding and stomped down.  This helps to keep wet spots consolidated and packing.

3. After about 6-10 days the urine soaked bedding should be ready to be removed. You will know this when the color has changed to red or black, at or just below the surface. If you need to dig down into the bedding to find the wet spot, it’s not ready to be removed. Scrape any good bedding away from the wet spot, exposing the red or black color, and remove with a shovel or fork. After removal, put back the good bedding that looks the oldest but still effective first. . Add about an amount  equal to the amount you took out. reshape the stall. 

4. Note color of bedding over time will get darker in color, this bedding is still good.