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- From: garyp@rmtc.paramax.com (Gary Palangian [RMTC/ISP])
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Preparing Clay Soil for Planting
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.184101.19659@gvl.unisys.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 18:41:01 GMT
- Sender: garyp@rmtc.unisys.com (Gary Palangian [RMTC/ISP])
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- Hey Now Everybody,
-
- Construction on my new house will be complete in a couple of
- months. My family has all kinds of grandiose plans for the
- backyard landscape. The house is in the Denver, CO area and
- the soils are very heavy (a lot of clay). To make matters
- worse, the builder removed and discarded the top
- 18" of soil during construction.
-
- I want to plant bare root trees in the Fall of '93. I want to
- do flowers and shrubs and vegetables and stuff in
- Spring of '94. I have read a lot of books that talk
- about amending the soil with peat or manure. They say
- to add in up to 50% of organic material and till it
- under anywhere from 6" to 24". These books also make
- it sound like you do this in a weekend.
-
- Well I would like to take advantage of the time I
- have to amend the soil properly. I figure the
- extra time should allow me to 1) Do a better job,
- and/or 2) Do a cheaper job. So, can anybody help
- with advice on preparing soil for planting
- a year down the road?
-
- Thanks,
-
-
- Gary
-