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Planned rose bed help
I am constructing a largish rose bed in my garden. I have marked out
and am removing the turf, well more matted weeds really. The "soil" beneath is very poor, consisting of clay and sand mixed with many pebbles of various sizes, it is impossible to dig without loosening with a pickaxe. If I dig in plenty of horse manure would this suffice, or need I remove a spit deep and then replace with imported top soil? |
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Planned rose bed help
"Broadback" wrote in message ... I am constructing a largish rose bed in my garden. I have marked out and am removing the turf, well more matted weeds really. The "soil" beneath is very poor, consisting of clay and sand mixed with many pebbles of various sizes, it is impossible to dig without loosening with a pickaxe. If I dig in plenty of horse manure would this suffice, or need I remove a spit deep and then replace with imported top soil? Some very good advice here http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...38/ai_14988864 |
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Planned rose bed help
"Broadback" wrote in message
I am constructing a largish rose bed in my garden. I have marked out and am removing the turf, well more matted weeds really. The "soil" beneath is very poor, consisting of clay and sand mixed with many pebbles of various sizes, it is impossible to dig without loosening with a pickaxe. If I dig in plenty of horse manure would this suffice, I did what you have described but I had to do it after the roses were planted. Some twit had planted the roses then put down weed matting and topped that with pine bark mulch. The soil under the weed mat was like concrete and I'm astounded that any roses survived and they looked very sick. I dug in horse poop where I could and if too close to the roses, just put it on top of the soil and then mulched over the horse poop with lucerne hay. It worked, the roses now look healthy and the soil is friable and getting to be a better colour with each year. |
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Planned rose bed help
Robbo wrote:
"Broadback" wrote in message ... I am constructing a largish rose bed in my garden. I have marked out and am removing the turf, well more matted weeds really. The "soil" beneath is very poor, consisting of clay and sand mixed with many pebbles of various sizes, it is impossible to dig without loosening with a pickaxe. If I dig in plenty of horse manure would this suffice, or need I remove a spit deep and then replace with imported top soil? Some very good advice here http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...38/ai_14988864 Thanks Robbo, bookmarked that. |
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