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water repellant spoil
Fran Farmer wrote:
I've been away for more than a month, and although Himself did a lot of watering, there are some places where the soil has dried out to such an extent that it's now baked and water repellant and all attempts at normal watering (ie hoses and sprinklers) are proving fruitless. How have others coped with this other than puddling and making mud pies? This does seem to work, but I'm sure there will be some reason why I shouldn't do this even though it can't be because of soil structure since where there is none to begin with once it's as dry as a chip. I also do not like using soil wetting agents since I've never been able to find out what it does to earth worms and I know they will return eventually, once it rains or the winter comes and the weather cools. i asked some other folks what they would do and i have gotten several different replies: - mixing water and molasses at 10-20:1 ratio. - adding compost and mixing it with the top layer of soil. i suspect adding moist compost would be even better. - using more compost to cover the gardens once it is moist again to keep the moisture there from escaping easily. - bentonite clay (not sure why anyone would add clay to dusty soil, but perhaps it would help make granules or clumps) - which i think is what gypsum would do too for that type of soil but i've never had to deal with that myself so i can't speak from direct experience. how is it going? making progress? songbird |
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