Vitax Clay Breaker Soil Additives,

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Our aim is to create newsletters that will inspire and delight you, however you are able to unsubscribe at any time. They also mention that it's a good clay breaker and has helped break up more compacted top parts of the soil. Please contact your sites administrator if you believe this other user or machine has unauthorised access. This method is particularly beneficial on the vegetable plot: most vegetables, especially brassicas grow more successfully on alkaline soil. It can be used at any time of the year, but the best results will be obtained when applied during autumn after rough digging of the affected areas.

On extremely heavy, solid clay adding grit to the ground in autumn can be very effective, especially if it is spread on the soil surface with copious amounts of organic matter such as garden compost or bulky manure. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Clay soils can be very slow to warm up in Spring and very slow to drain, plus also very difficult to dig over and therefore not ideal for gardening! Clay Breaker will break up even the heaviest clay, improving friability and making the soil easier to work. I have dug in sacks and sacks of compost but nothing is working as when it's wet it is waterlogged and when it dries out it's like cement!Because there are lots of them they have a big surface area which efficiently hangs on to water and nutrients. A month following the application to a heavy clay soil bed, I could tell the difference in the soil texture and workability.

It is widely mined and is used as a fertilizer and as the main constituent in many forms of plaster, blackboard/sidewalk chalk, and drywall. We have solid clay soil which has been compacted down and had turf lain on top by builders as it's a new build garden. We deliver your purchases free of charge within 3 to 5 working days, when you are in a 5 mile range from our garden centre in Overton, Wakefield. One thing I would say is be careful of treading on the lawn too much in the first year after it's been laid as it compacts the soil underneath and stops the roots getting strong.One 15kg (30lb) sack is equivalent to six or more sacks of traditional bagged farmyard manure and treats up to 184 sq metres (220 sq yds). It’s definitely a waiting game with the product so don’t expect overnight results (the product information does say this). Maybe you could also get some top soil, but unless the layer of clay is broken up under it, it won’t drain well.