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Thanks, Pete.

How far down would you say raspberry roots go?

Regards,

Jay

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On 10/14/2014 9:38 AM, Pete Tallman wrote:
> Responding to the note from Jay Cutts about raspberries in heavy clay soil: I 
> was told a long time ago that adding sand to the clay soil was akin to making 
> concrete or bricks, probably not the way to go. I will go through my process 
> for creating soil in my area of Colorado, which might give you some ideas. 
> Soil was pretty heavy clay. What I needed is lots of organic matter. I 
> rototilled the row to be planted, in my case about 3 ft by 30 ft, planning 
> for two rows of plants. Once that rototilling was done, dug out the loose 
> tilled stuff and set it to the side of the row. Then I rototilled the bottom 
> of the trench. To this, I added lots of peat moss (maybe 4 to 8 cu ft for the 
> row), 1/2 yard or more of prepared compost mix, and some soil sulfur and 
> triple superphosphate according to package directions. Rototilled all of that 
> to mix in at the bottom of the trench. Restored the earlier loose stuff back 
> to the row and rototilled again to mix the top layer into the prepared layer. 
> I think of it as planting in a 3 ft by 30 ft clay flower pot.
>
> Pete Tallman
> Longmont, CO  zone 5 or so                                      
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