Excellent speaker and fascinating education on how to maintain healthy soil. Particularly helpful to understand the science behind why no-till farming works better and is healthier for the soil. Thank you!
The recommendation seems contradictory. If the soil is covered with mulch, after a few years the organic content of the soil will exceed the recommended 5 per cent.
I have clay. I want cherry trees. Digging causes water puddle. Someone suggested sandy loam plus humus as a raised mound on top of clay ground, no dig. What do you think?
Hello Thank you for the video on Gardening in Clay Soil. The only aspect I have a problem with is on a new planting to add 2-3 inches of compost initially. I am from the East coast and find the soil in Jacksonville Oregon rock hard. In your soil test at end of your video you did not include a one time tilling with compost amendment.
Adding 2-3 inches of compost provides a short-term solution because organic matters break down over time. As to tilling in compost amendment, puncturing the soil surface with a spading fork and allow organisms to help with mixing is also an option. It all depends on how quickly you want results.
Excellent
Really great stuff!
Excellent speaker and fascinating education on how to maintain healthy soil. Particularly helpful to understand the science behind why no-till farming works better and is healthier for the soil. Thank you!
Im from Oklahoma and was looking for OSU (OklahomaState U). So glad I stumbled across your talk! Excellent! Thanks
Whats a ped? Whats a rut?
I had to google "ped" too. Its not a acronym, its literally "the small chunk of soil that's stuck together by all of this process"
@@petertr2000 K.
An aggregate technically
The recommendation seems contradictory. If the soil is covered with mulch, after a few years the organic content of the soil will exceed the recommended 5 per cent.
The difference in applying it to the top is that it breaks down slowly rather than the clay having to do this without enough oxygen.
I have clay. I want cherry trees. Digging causes water puddle. Someone suggested sandy loam plus humus as a raised mound on top of clay ground, no dig.
What do you think?
You will never know if you don't try.
@@AleyCZ I raised them 1 foot above ground and mixed and with clay. It worked.
@@edjo3430I’m thinking of doing the same
Hello
Thank you for the video on Gardening in Clay Soil. The only aspect I have a problem with is on a new planting to add 2-3 inches of compost initially.
I am from the East coast and find the soil in Jacksonville Oregon rock hard. In your soil test at end of your video you did not include a one time tilling with compost amendment.
Adding 2-3 inches of compost provides a short-term solution because organic matters break down over time. As to tilling in compost amendment, puncturing the soil surface with a spading fork and allow organisms to help with mixing is also an option. It all depends on how quickly you want results.
Thanks i am from kashmir /India/
Nobody cares.