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Re: Brown Thumb in Utah with Questions

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Margaret's right on that one-
You add sand to clay- you get concrete!I don't care what the garden books
tell you.(Perhaps years of ammending  clay soil might make it  wonderful
,but just starting out with unworked clay soil is a whole differnt story)

In the places where I have managed to make some decent soil- it has been
with a little clay,compost,and vermiculite and composted manure - in pretty
much equal proportions- sometimes some peat- depending on what is going in
the bed- Even then it seems like the clay just "eats up" all the goodies in
6 months and I have to keep ammending- which is why I have just done raised
beds or I dig the nasty clay out  altogether and just put the good stuff
down in the trench.

My clay doesn't does not even know it is dirt. It thinks it is either peanut
butter or  hard rock depending on the time of year and the only thing it is
interested in getting mixed up with on a permanent basis in my yard is
BERMUDA GRASS. They are very close buddies.
-Teri
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From: Margaret Lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
To: Square Foot Gardening List <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Brown Thumb in Utah with Questions


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> Most of JC's advice was very good, but if you add sand to clay-ey soil,
> watch out. You may create an adobe, of concrete consistency if you don't
> use enough or too little sand.  I think the right mix is 1/3 the depth of
> your loose soil.  Margaret L
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> >You can't put too much time and effort into your soil  Follow the formula
> >for Mel's soil.  Add some extra sand if you have soil that is extra
"clay-y".
> >


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