Re: soil too wet for planting?
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: soil too wet for planting?
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 07:02:55 -0600
- References: <01bd7899$77ea11c0$01a018ce@home1>
At 08:35 AM 5/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a number of perennials waiting to get into the ground. I'm a
>relatively novice gardner and have done A LOT of reding about
>gardening. Something from one of the books stuck in my mind about not
>digging the soil when its wet because it compresses it too much. Well,
>its spring and it seems to keep raining and is only sunny for short
>periods not long enough for the soil to stop looking wet. My yard isn't
>holding water - it seems to be draining fine - its just wet. My question
>- am I worrying too much? Should I just go ahead and plant or should I
>wait until the soil's not so wet? The other problem is that some of the
>things I'm planning on planting would require stepping onto the bed
>which had been double dug a number of weeks ago (before the rain
>started) and even though I use a board to distribute my weight I keep
>thinking I'll just pack the soil down by doing this.
>
>Thanks for your replies in advance!
>sharon
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Wait until the soil is drier. When you can squeeze a handful of soil into
a ball, then touch it with your other hand and it crumbles, then it is
sufficiently dry. Margaret
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