Re: Getting the patch ready for next year.

i think i'm going to get some gypsum....


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From: <Pumpkinpirate1@aol.com>
To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Getting the patch ready for next year.


>     Matt
>  I do not have clay at my house but have worked in it for years. Do not
> remove it just work with it .. it can be better then sandy soil because of
the CEC
> Ratio. If you can add Gypsum I mean allot of gypsum along with your
organic
> amendments, etc., and get it in DEEP you will be ahead of the game in just
a
> year or so !!
>    I have found roots round my aeration tubes at 4 feet deep the roots
will
> go as deep as you allow them by getting the right environment for them to
> succeed
>   if you remove clay from you patch then put in a more open soil media and
> you don't put in leach lines, etc., you will have real problems.. Out here
in
> California we line our golf course ponds with clay so the water does not
leach
> into the water table. So if you remove the soil you will in essence have a
> swimming pool in your patch. remember if the water cannot leach through
the clay
> no matter what new soil you put in it will still drain only as fast as the
> native soil and you may drown your roots !!!
>     I hope this has helped I am no ay trying to be negative I think you
can
> have a Wonderful patch if you just work on the "TILTH" of your soil and
Balance
> out your Soil "STRUCTURE" Take care and I wish you all the Luck in the
world
> with your 2004 Season !!!  Grow Em Big !!!
>
>       Kevin Smith
>   Pumpkin Pirate
>
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