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Grow Your Own / Re: Plot Preparation
« Last post by Plot 1 Problems on Today at 22:03 »My old plot was very heavy clay. Before I ammended the soil with huge amounts of compost and greengrow I used to grow my root veggies by:
1) Using a long spade to draw a long, thin, deep trench by jabbing the blade deep in the ground and rocking it back and forth to make a v-shaped trench.
2) I'd then fill it with cheap compost and pack it in firmly.
3) sow into the compost so the delicate tap roots could grow down quickly without hitting hard clay or stones.
I got decent size parsnips and carrots like this.
1) Using a long spade to draw a long, thin, deep trench by jabbing the blade deep in the ground and rocking it back and forth to make a v-shaped trench.
2) I'd then fill it with cheap compost and pack it in firmly.
3) sow into the compost so the delicate tap roots could grow down quickly without hitting hard clay or stones.
I got decent size parsnips and carrots like this.
as it forms quite a hard crust on the top. I'm using the finger test mentioned above and feel my seedlings etc. have performed better so far this year. Not had a problem with blossom end rot as I also make sure bottom of forming toms are clean and free of flower bits etc. TBH this was least of my problems last year as weather and blight did for most of my plants, even tried capilliary matting last year but didn't seem to work. Good job we all like a challenge eh!!