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    Show me the way to go Loam...

    Well, I've been doing some investigations, following the hints in various books I am devouring, and all give instructions how to assess your soil structure and PH.

    I apparently have loamy soil with a PH of 7.0.

    What the books omit is any explanation of what the information means or where I go next.

    Simple question: will this soil be okay for most veg, or is there something I should do?
    The Idiot Gardener
    Five acres of idiocy: an idiot's journey to the heart of smallholding darkness!
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  • #2
    Originally posted by Pete C View Post
    ....I apparently have loamy soil with a PH of 7.0.
    Lucky devil, sounds good to me 6 - 7 is pretty spot on for most veg
    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      Andy 'loamy' is a very good thing too.

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      • #4
        Loam! Ha!!

        OK ...
        ...loamy soil- is bang in the middle of sandy and clayey and peaty...perfect for fiddling around with if you want to grow any specific crops-
        .....pH 7 bang in the middle again

        ...stop showing off!!!

        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          I'll swap you a few bags of clay for your loam PC
          aka
          Suzie

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          • #6
            Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post
            I'll swap you a few bags of clay for your loam PC
            Tell Piskie that she will end up in the bottom of your raised bed if she tries to pinch your luvverly loam & palm you off with her clay, Pete!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Hazel at the Hill View Post
              Tell Piskie that she will end up in the bottom of your raised bed ...
              She'll make for good drainage
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              Suzie

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              • #8
                Oh well, at least one thing has gone right so far!

                I've acquired 1.5 tons of all purpose compost at a silly price, and have scrounged a couple of tons of rotted horse manure. I was thinking of filling the beds with equal measures of manure, compost and soil. Is that about right, or is it overkill on the organic matter?
                The Idiot Gardener
                Five acres of idiocy: an idiot's journey to the heart of smallholding darkness!

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Pete C View Post

                  .....................Simple question: will this soil be okay for most veg,?................
                  Simple answer is YES..........or Zaz reckons its 42!
                  My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                  to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                  Diversify & prosper


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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Pete C View Post
                    I was thinking of filling the beds with equal measures of manure, compost and soil. Is that about right, or is it overkill on the organic matter?
                    Depends on the size of the area and what the land was used for before now.!!!!
                    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                    Location....Normandy France

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                    • #11
                      Great soil, you're lucky. Re the bed filling, remember carrots etc don't like recently manured bed so you might want to think about your plan before you fill

                      Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

                      Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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