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Old 01-02-2010, 10:56 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"hugh" ] wrote in message
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In message , Jeff Layman
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There are special products (based on gypsum) which break up clay, but
these are not cheap for a reasonably large area and after a while the clay
gets claggy again. They also make the soil alkaline.


The benefit of gypsum (as opposed to much cheaper lime) is that it does
not change the pH of the soil.


Quite right. I wonder where I read that it did?

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hugh
It may be more complicated but is it better?



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Jeff