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From: timborn@ihlpg.UUCP (Tim Born)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: square foot gardening
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Date: Wed, 22-Jan-86 13:35:07 EST
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> 2)  If you don't have access to large quantities of compost or other organic
> material, apply THREE INCHES of peat moss!  Dig it in to the top six inches
> or so, along with enough lime to balance your pH.  (In the eastern US it is
> almost impossible to use too much lime, because the soil only dissolves what
> it needs.)  The finer the grind of the limestone, the sooner it will work.
> 
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> Bob Schwanke

If you have a clay soil, that implies to me (among other things), a drainage
problem.  It would seem that peat moss would be about the last thing you would
want in your clay, since it holds water like a sponge.  What do the rest
of you think?  Is peat moss in clay soil a good idea or not?

tim born
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