How to Amend Clay Soil
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Watch more Seeds & Planting videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/254549-How-to-Amend-Clay-Soil Clay soil lacks the porosity to allow plants to grow well in it. By adding the right materials to it, clay soil can better sustain plant growth. Step 1: Add organic matter Mix organic matter such as commercial or homemade compost into the soil using a garden spade. Anything derived from plant or animal matter will help improve the soil structure. Tip Do not add sand, which will not mix with clay. Step 2: Add iron sulfate Mix in iron sulfate as a source of iron. While there is iron in clay, it is very hard for plants to extract it from clay. Step 3: Add phosphate Mix in a phosphate supplement containing gypsum. Gypsum loosens the clay’s attraction to itself. Did You Know? Mulches are laid on top the surface of the soil, but soil amendments are mixed into it.
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add sand..... every place I spoke to regarding planting mix and potting soil amendments have a combination of sand and other materials.
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I do.
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looked like a pretty high teck solution! i have humic acid soil from 200 years of woods and mixed land use, so it looks like the gypsum is already added, it crumbles and is darker. air circulation and nuttrients are my main worry, i would also put dung in there and thanks for the note about iron, hopefully the redness of the clay and the humic acid mixed in is a good sign.
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No sand??? Another source said I should add course sand to clay. Who am I supposed to believe?!
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@1ben1245 WHO THE FUCK CARES .
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