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Gardening in the Desert - In Blow-Sand
Q. We live in Arizona on the Hopi reservation. We have added all kinds of soil treatment to our soil. It is mainly sand, blow sand. The problem is that when we water our crop...
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How to Improve Alkaline Soil
Q. Our soil is alkaline here in Homestead, near Miami Florida. There is also a lack of iron, manganese, and boron. What is the best thing I can do to b...
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2007-10-29 |
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Hard-Pan Clay Soil - Usable for Garden?
Q. We are living in a very bad hard-pan soil area. When I dig a hole and add water, the water will stay for days. Can I have a garden on this ground?
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2006-09-04 |
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Growing in Sandy Soil on the Beach
Q. we live in a house backed onto the beach, the garden has sandy soil, is this ideal for growing vegetables?
A. If your beach is ocean you may have a pro...
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2006-06-17 |
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How Can I Grow In My Heavy Clay Soil?
Q. Our soil is heavy clay! What can we do to have a decent garden - short of replacing it with something better, or adding tons and tons of sand and/or compost?&nb...
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2006-02-10 |
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Soil Testing - Important, Worthwhile or Necessary
Q. I'm concerned about my alkaline soil. What should I do, so that I can plant and hope to get a good crop? I've been told to get a soil test for starters,...
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2005-10-13 |
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Clay Soil - Draining Wet or Saline Soil
Many of you have heavy, clay soil in which to grow your gardens, and some have asked how to drain the soil, so it isn't too wet to grow in. Following is a little histor...
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2005-02-10 |
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Bad Soil - Can The Mittleider Method Help?
Q. The soil here in my area is not very good for growing, but I have had some success with a lot of work. Can The Mittleider Method help me?
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2004-05-29 |
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Soil pH - Importance in Influencing Plant Growth
Q. How important is the soil pH in influencing plant growth (is my soil too alkaline or too acid)?
A. The pH is very important, but you can very easily correct an...
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2004-05-29 |
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ow can gardening failure be avoided?
Simply by restoring the essential plant nutrients in the soil. The minerals from rocks mined from the earth are packaged, inexpensive, and available worldwide for use in your ...
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2003-11-14 |
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Why are soils infertile everywhere?
Water-soluble minerals (plant foods) in soils for thousands of years have moved with the soil-water out of the soil into creeks, rivers and oceans. This has greatly reduced th...
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