My spot is simply amazing beside the clay based soils and the fact that its on a island and the 15 min walk in torn bushes. So bringin soil is much more work than using tree compost and humic acid to amend the clay based soil.
Lot of work, but defenetly worth it. I'm really satisfied with my...
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Its from some maple tree and dosent smell bad at all... at first i was scare about the pathogen and bad stuff but the trees dont look like sick trees..
the water i've tested was took from the shallow part of the lake ( huge swamp like lake ) i'll try testing water from hte deeper part of the lake
i thought that the composted tree trunk and the fertiliser will make the soil more acidic so i thought that the handful of lime and the regular (1-2...
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Buy some compost from your neigbors or neigborhood farm or local nurcery or garden center and add about 30-40% to your tomato garden soil. You can also add a bit of perlite to help drainage and lime to buffer the ph
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I've kept only the darkest, less compacted clay and i've add about 50% of compost from under a dead tree trunk and some semi-composted tree trunk (look like a mix of dark brown dirt, peat moss and wood and bark pieces)
I've then add about a handful of dolmite lime, about 50g of osmocote...
What dosage gave you the best result ? humic acid in powder or liquid form?
Did you add compost or draining material to your soil ?
Thanks bro i really appreciate your help
i've read that gypsum and lime are a long term solution ( take about 3 years ) to deal with clay soil..
Would Humic acid would be a (instant) short term solution ?
thanks everyone