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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

Jim, 

 

I did not miss that point, but wanted to give you an opportunity to clarify that you were not saying that adding lime to clay soil would loosen it.  Your post could have been taken that lime would also help loosen clay soil, in additon to modifying the pH, which I thought you had not intended.

 

John

Jim Fruth <jfruth@tds.net> wrote:

> John asked, " I have read that gypsum loosens clay soils by binding the 
> very small clay particles into larger aggrigates, thus loosening the soil. 
> Also adding lots of long term organics such as pine bark are supposed to 
> help as well.
>
> However, to clarify your post, are you suggesting using gypsom to loosen 
> the soil AND then add lime to balance it? Or is this a "one or the other"
>  
> solution?"
>
> John,
> You missed one point of my post. The farmer added too much gypsum, 
> actually, too much over too many years, which acidified his soil. The 
> amount of gypsum needed to loosen soil doesn't contribute much to acidify 
> soil but adding alot of it over many years causes a pH drop. As for 
> raising pH, there are other chemicals that would do but lime is the least 
> expensive.
>
> Jim Fruth
> Brambleberry Farm
> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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