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Old 07-06-2010, 10:34 AM posted to uk.d-i-y,uk.rec.gardening
Andy Dingley Andy Dingley is offline
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Default Gypsum for clay soil

On 7 June, 09:31, NT wrote:

Unused plaster will bind the soil, used lumps wont.


Run it through a cement mixer and a couple of rocks as a ball mill. So
long as you crunch it down enough to go through a sieve, it's fine.
Even just soaking it in an excess of water would be enough (this is
plaster, not cement).

I wouldn't add "rottable garbage" to soil either, it's much better to
rot this down separately. Otherwise you'll be short of nitrogen and
lawns in particular would suffer badly.