Re: Getting the patch ready for next year.
- Subject: Re: Getting the patch ready for next year.
- From: vince a*@yahoo.com
- Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 07:36:50 -0700 (PDT)
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Pumpkins grow well in clay if it is heavily amended with
organic matter and the ph balanced. Most clays are also heavy
in magnesium and need liberal doses of gypsum to help leach out
the excess magnesium.
I've used 5 yards of good compost per 1,000 square feet on a
heavy clay soil plus plenty of gypsum and soil sulfer with good
results.
After a couple years of this treatment you'll have beautiful
black topsoil that hold water well and pumpkin plants love....
In my experience pumpkin plants are not shallow root unless
what you mean as shallow is about 2 to 3 feet....
vince
--- "J. Matt Wickless" <matt@wickless.com> wrote:
> I'm digging a new patch. I've got nasty hard clay, and I plan
> to dig it
> up and put in a mixture of manure, compost, and black
> topsoil, with a
> little bit of sand as well. I've got my cover crop picked out
> and ready
> to plant. Does anyone have any good recipes for planting
> medium with
> these ingredients that they are willing to share. I've read
> that
> pumpkins are shallow rooted. How deep do I need to go in
> removing the
> clay? Is there such a thing as too much manure when growing
> AG's?
>
> Many Thanks!
>
> Matt Wickless
> matt@wickless.com
>
>
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