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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. Not enough details (climate, area size, growing?) but it's really a no-brainer... the best way to improve adobe-like soil is to till in organic matter and rich topsoil... invest in a Mantis tiller, a truckload of good topsoil, many bags of peat moss, and begin a composting program... over watering hard soil will just make a mess and when it dries it'll make your soil even harder. There's no magic bullet... you need to WORK at it... standing there with a garden hose only demonstrates gross laziness. |
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