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How can tell if clay soil if fertile enough to grow vegetables?
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∙ 13y ago
Your clay will likely be too basic to grow vegetables. You can buy a very cheap soil tester at a hardware store and it will give you a reading. Once you apply the needed additives you test the soil again to see if it will then be fertile.
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What is the role of manure in clay soil?
Clay soil is prevalent many parts of the United States, and it can be a real pain if you happen to decide that you want to plant a flower or vegetable garden. While many trees and shrubs grow well in clay, the roots of the majority of annuals, perennials, and vegetables just aren't strong enough to make their way through. And if spring flower bulbs are your dream, forget it. Bulbs tend to rot over the winter in clay soils. With a bit of background about clay, and a strategy for improving your soil structure, you'll be able to grow flowers and vegetables to your heart's content.
What does lack of arable soil mean?
Arable land is land that can be used to grow plants on and is where the soil is fertile. So in answer to your question, lack of arable soil means there is not enough fertile soil.
Why are fertile soil important?
Farming needs fertile soils, to get their crops to grow.
Why is fertile soil important?
it helps the crops grow
What type of soil did the Southern Colonies in the US have?
Very fertile, Southerners were able to grow cotton and sugar cane. Cotton needs very fertile soil to grow.
What is lack of fertile soil?
Lack of fertile soil is when an area doesn't have enough fertile soil (soil that can grow plants) to grow plants.
What does fertile soil have in it?
Enough nutruins that let the plant grow
Will a plant grow fast in clay?
it will grow really really not faster!!!!!!!! No, because theres not enough air in it.
What is it mean not fertile enough to grow crops?
It means the soil doesn't have the nutrients or quality suitable to grow crops in. It can be too sandy or too rocky or too clayey. But, just because a soil is not fertile enough to grow crops with doesn't mean it's not good enough to be used to grow fodder, range or pasture for livestock to graze.
What vegetables can you grow well in clay soil?
I have red clay soil and I don't think anything grows well in it unless you dig most of the clay out and put top soil in it.
What is the role of manure in clay soil?
Clay soil is prevalent many parts of the United States, and it can be a real pain if you happen to decide that you want to plant a flower or vegetable garden. While many trees and shrubs grow well in clay, the roots of the majority of annuals, perennials, and vegetables just aren't strong enough to make their way through. And if spring flower bulbs are your dream, forget it. Bulbs tend to rot over the winter in clay soils. With a bit of background about clay, and a strategy for improving your soil structure, you'll be able to grow flowers and vegetables to your heart's content.
What are the advantages of using clay soil in my yard in the northeast?
There are no advantages to using clay if you want things to grow. Clay isn't a very fertile soil and you would avoid using it unless you want to keep things from growing somewhere.
Why did ancient people settle in river valleys?
because the land was fertile enough to grow food
Does grass grow in sand?
Grass will grow in most any soil condition, but not clay. Grass is a plant, and it needs soil to be porous enough that water will be able to flow through; thus it will not grow in pure clay. However soils that have a mixture of loam and clay, or sand and clay, or loam and sand, will be suitable enough for grasses to grow in. But there are many species of grasses, and each species have their own specific conditions they like to grow in or grow best in.
Why is the loss of fertile topsoil layer a great concern?
because is something seriousI'm guessing because the soil under isn't fertile enough to grow plants, and then there will be no plants, then we are screwed.
What is importtance of soil in making pottery?
Soil is what gardeners grow there vegetables in, potters don't use it -- they use clay from the ground, which is not the same thing as soil.
What does lack of arable soil mean?
Arable land is land that can be used to grow plants on and is where the soil is fertile. So in answer to your question, lack of arable soil means there is not enough fertile soil.
