Clay soil must be amended before it can be useful garden soil.
Amending clay soil with gypsum and pea gravel adds essential properties otherwise absent in soil that is heavy in clay content. Gypsum can be mixed into the soil, or simply spread on top in a treatment regimen that can take up to three years. Pea gravel, on the other hand, must be mixed with the clay soil to be most effective.
Instructions
1. Till the area where the soil is to be amended with a rototiller. This will allow the gypsum and pea gravel to better mix with the clay.
2. Spread out the pea gravel in the area that has been tilled up, breaking up any remaining large clumps of clay and thoroughly mixing the pea gravel in.
3. Spread the gypsum soil amendment evenly in the area that has been tilled and mixed with the pea gravel. Make several additional passes across the tilled soil with the rototiller. Be sure to completely mix the gypsum soil amendment into the dirt to complete the soil amendment process.
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