Re: Raised beds
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Raised beds
- From: J*@prodigy.com ( DALE NEIL)
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 20:28:22, -0500
Jamie makes a good point when she says......
>My best advice is pick an area to experiment in.
I know of one gardener in the area that has clay and everytime she
transplants something, she adds a mixture of peat/compost/topsoil and
maybe some greensand/bonemeal etc. Over the last 2 years of doing
this, she has added quite a bit of soil conditioners to her soil.
There are spots that are in excellent shape.
I have a question for Jamie: Have you ever tried Gypsum in your
situation? From the sounds of it, you might not want to but then I
wonder if it would react differently than sand in your clay. I've
heard so much good about it being used in clay but have no personal
experience with it.
It cost about $5 /40 lbs and one only uses about 1--15 lbs /100
square feet so it seems that it would be economical to to experiment
with. It also gives a good dose of calcium and sulfur without playing
havoc with ones PH. (I've seen bags of it at Lowes and Teskes locally
, Barb)
I would put a big vote on the compost side of the ballot for the best
all around soil conditioner.
Dale Neil (with another 2 cents <G>)
zone 5 Rock Island, Ill
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