Clay Soil
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- Subject: Clay Soil
- From: "* C* F* <d*@cts.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:06:27 -0600 (MDT)
In this part of San Diego County where we have clay soil, gypsum is a must.
However, take a tip from a cheapskate! There was 'gyp board' left over
after building my house -- why not chop that up and utilize that for the
gypsum needed?! It was a good thing I called on a Master Gardener because I
was told that the gypsum itself would be okay but the stuff that bonded the
paper covering contained boron, which is a definite NO-NO here.
Re Master Gardeners: One of them gave a talk to our Native Plant Club in
which he had tests and stats to indicate that using manure in our clay soil
areas here added too much additional salts. He highly recommended tilling
in (or using as a mulch) a product from Home Depot called "Gorilla Hair"!
Well, it does look sort of like it because it is shredded redwood bark!
Dorothy C. Frisbie
Escondido, CA
