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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jan 26, 2009, at 12:52 PM, Don Bowen wrote:

> > If I busted up a 4x8 sheet, how would you spread that out and how  
> > long
> > would you wait until you 'amended' the soil again?
>
> No need to buy sheets of Drywall, just go buy bags of Gypsum unless  
> you have
> a pile of scrap drywall left over. Gypsum is best for heavy clay  
> soil.  The
> gypsum helps break up the bonding and loosens the soil.  In heavy  
> adobe I
> added gypsum every year.

I consider that there may well be chemicals in sheetrock that I do not  
want in my godly garden, so I will not use it.

When in doubt, add more organic material, as natural as you can get.

Gene GeRue
www.RURALIZE.com