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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 3:54 am Post subject: hard soil... |
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I just planted some veggies yesterday but the soil was hard...it was a lot harder the day before that I had to run water on it....what do you do if your soil is very hard and since my soil is hard, will my veggies grow?
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glendann
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You might try putting some top soil on your ground and some sandy loam .Something that will cause the
the soil to loosen up .Talk to someone in a nursery they can tell you more than me .I have very sandy loam and I use Mushroom compost in with it are straight compost. I get it where I work and have it dumped on black plastic so grass or weeds wont grow through it and I get it in Oct .or Nov.so it will
get the rains and drain it down so its not to strong.
Then in the spring I usually use it on raised beds and have black plastic under its beds so I don't have the grass and weed problems.
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you for this advice....I do have some topsoil I can use as well as compost....
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Pinkiered
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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I have La clay soil. Its very hard when its dry and will suck into the belly of the earth when its wet.
I just use some of my compost/manture mix or topsoil, which ever I have on hand. I mix it into the clay real well. I usually water the ground as I mix. It seems to be easier.
Good luck!
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eileen
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Eileen.....I will look for gypsum soon and since it takes a good three years to work, I will in the meantime use topsoil and compost....
Thank you for all your help everyone and any more suggestions is always welcome.....
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cajunbelle
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Thank you Pinkiered, that is a good way to describe our La. clay, I have amended my soil in severaly places over the last several years, and it is still like concrete. If we till to make a new bed it sinks down after every watering be it by rain or hand. It's like the clay comes up and eats the compost, leaf mold, peat moss, or whatever I put in it.
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Primsong
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We've quite a bit of clay around here too - the standard thing to do for me is when I'm digging anything up to mix it half-n-half in my wheelbarrow with mushroom compost before putting the soil back. That and topsoil, good stuff that.
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