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clay soil
hello everyone, Does anyone here know what to do with thick, red, clay
soil?? I am dying to start a vegie patch, and so far I've weeded, put down newspapers with dry leaves on top to kill the weeds, but I wouldn't have a clue apart from that. I remember seeing something on clay soils on Gardening Australia, but I was living in a sandy, acid area then and didn't write it down. Any help would be really appreciated. -- There are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway |
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If I had that problem I would lay down some top soil, sand, and compost and
mix it altogether, at about 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. You could make as deep as you had materials for and for as long as you could put up with that much work. Otherwise I would build raised beds and fill them with that same mixture. Dwayne "meee" wrote in message ... hello everyone, Does anyone here know what to do with thick, red, clay soil?? I am dying to start a vegie patch, and so far I've weeded, put down newspapers with dry leaves on top to kill the weeds, but I wouldn't have a clue apart from that. I remember seeing something on clay soils on Gardening Australia, but I was living in a sandy, acid area then and didn't write it down. Any help would be really appreciated. -- There are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway |
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meee wrote: hello everyone, Does anyone here know what to do with thick, red, clay soil?? I am dying to start a vegie patch, and so far I've weeded, put down newspapers with dry leaves on top to kill the weeds, but I wouldn't have a clue apart from that. I remember seeing something on clay soils on Gardening Australia, but I was living in a sandy, acid area then and didn't write it down. Any help would be really appreciated. -- There are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway Gypsum is usually used to help break down clay, but there are other methods as well. Look at:- http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/s...asier-work.htm |
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"Dwayne" wrote in message ... If I had that problem I would lay down some top soil, sand, and compost and mix it altogether, at about 1/3, 1/3, 1/3. You could make as deep as you had materials for and for as long as you could put up with that much work. Otherwise I would build raised beds and fill them with that same mixture. Dwayne "meee" wrote in message ... hello everyone, Does anyone here know what to do with thick, red, clay soil?? I am dying to start a vegie patch, and so far I've weeded, put down newspapers with dry leaves on top to kill the weeds, but I wouldn't have a clue apart from that. I remember seeing something on clay soils on Gardening Australia, but I was living in a sandy, acid area then and didn't write it down. Any help would be really appreciated. -- There are many intelligent species in the Universe. They are all owned by cats. Anonymous One cat just leads to another. -Ernest Hemingway Yes I was thinking of doing something like that. There's a nice garden bed in the right spot, edged with besser bloks. It has a couple of small and sickly hibiscus, so I was thinking of building up some soil around them ,maybe mushroom compost and composted vegie scraps, and just growing salad vegies and tomatoes. we're renting, so I'm not able to do major alterations as we wouldn't be here to see the fruit, so probably adding topsoil would be best. |
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g'day meee,
do raised beds no need to worry about the clay then they are my favourite method see my site for details of how i do it. you could add a heap o gypsum over the ground before filling in your raised bed that will help. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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