Growing food in hard clay

Re:Growing food in hard clay by gregwebs on Monday May 23, 2022 @09:45PM (#31487112)

Here is a similar experience via a youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS7qQVOzK7g

The author improved her clay soil dramatically over a 3 year period. My notes:

  * Add a layer of organic matter. 3-6 inches and work it in. Manure can work its way in on its own
  * heavily mulch in the fall
  * form soil into raised beds to help with drainage
  * Aeration. Broad fork or digging fork.
  * Clay busting plants: plant Daikon or plants with very strong tap roots, but fibrous roots can help as well
  * Don't leave soil exposed.

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Re:Growing food in hard clay by gadders on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @04:10AM (#31489330)

I mean, is this news to anyone? Or just anyone that has never gardened before in their life?

This is all standard stuff. For anyone else who wants to learn about gardening, I suggest listing to Gardener's Question Time every week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qp2f/episodes/downloads

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Re:Growing food in hard clay by TheMerovingian on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @10:30AM (#31492615)

Due to the pandemic, the amount of gardeners has increased substantially. So, this type of info is making a resurgence on YouTube in the form of instructional videos and elsewhere as blogs.

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