What is the best crow to grow in heavy clay soil?
The best crop for clay soils? First, determine if you can add ammendments without going broke in time as well as money. Your soils are the hardest to work with. Add composted organic material (PEAT MOSS is good for the $$) and mix well to break up the soil and add nutrients as well as getting a good micropore to macropore relationship. Clay soil for a lot of reasons will be low in nitrogen so add some and be aware that a lot will be lost to the air for chemical reasons, so be generous. If you don’t have a lot of sand in your soil adding some will help but a better thing is perlite or vermiculite to lighten the soil. Lime and/ or cinders will help but be careful, you may want to test your soil pH first. Clay is hard on plant roots if heavy and can stay wet. Plant roots need oxygen like plant tops so the organics will help. The great thing about clay is the way it captures and dispenses nutrients and helps with moisture retention but too much is as you can see a problem. Take time to mul
