Re: Cult: Clay Soil
- Subject: Re: Cult: Clay Soil
- From: P* M*
- Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 08:03:40 -0500
rebloomva wrote:
> The best way to describe clay soil is to describe it's distinctive
> color. It has the same red-orange color as iron rust.
The color depends on the part of the country you are in.
Here in Wisconsin, it is brown, light brown, or black. You
will know it when you can dig a hole a foot deep, fill it
with water, and it takes an entire day to drain. Ugly stuff
- but my grandmother contended that Irises love clay. The
reason? Since they have to be planted at ground level, the
clay grabbed the rhizomes and held on tight. The only time
I've ever lost an iris was in well amended, loose soil.
YMMV of course.
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Pat Mitchell
corgilover@wi.rr.com
Zone 5 SE WIsconsin - we need rain
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