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 Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:17 am
Okay, so now im back in America at my moms house. After helping my boyfriend pimp out his wonderful garden...i have the need to plant ._.
One problem, in Georgia we have 'Georgia red clay' and im thinking the cheapest way to do this, we could buy this grass type astro-turf? But it's a lot of money neutral
Would seedlings work?
Remember, GA Red Clay is just what it sounds, it's clay...
Help sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:13 pm
Clay soil can be lightened by adding in ingredients like compost, peat moss, and vermiculite. They will help to break up the soil and make not be so clay.
Seedlings could work, but I'd still mix the dirt with a bag of gardening soil around the seedlings, just to make it easier for the roots to develop.
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:12 pm
onicoe Clay soil can be lightened by adding in ingredients like compost, peat moss, and vermiculite. They will help to break up the soil and make not be so clay. Seedlings could work, but I'd still mix the dirt with a bag of gardening soil around the seedlings, just to make it easier for the roots to develop. That works with both grass growing and plants?
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:55 pm
You might want to contact your local County Extension Service and ask for a list of master gardeners in your area. Part of the master gardener requirement is to volunteer a certain number of hours helping homeowners in the area with their gardening questions, anything that a home gardener in the area might need to know. And since they are local, chances are that they've been working that same Georgia clay for at least fifteen years. Their services are free, at least in this area.
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Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:13 pm
PiercedPixie2 onicoe Clay soil can be lightened by adding in ingredients like compost, peat moss, and vermiculite. They will help to break up the soil and make not be so clay. Seedlings could work, but I'd still mix the dirt with a bag of gardening soil around the seedlings, just to make it easier for the roots to develop. That works with both grass growing and plants? Any amendment to your soil is generally a good thing. It takes an excessive amount of one thing to really ruin things.
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:55 am
If you are trying to get a lawn going, it may take an awful lot of amendments to turn clay into something that will grow most grasses. A master gardener will help with the soil, and with the varieties that grow well in the area. By choosing the right varieties, you may have to do very little soil amendment, and find grasses and plants that do well in both the soil and the climate.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:34 pm
@ sunsetsmile and @ Onicoe
Okay, my dad took me shopping today at a local gardening shop, and we're going to have a pro help us get it started, it will start this weekend so im excited!
I'll post photos how it goes along...it wasnt as much as i thought so im psyched! Woohoo, grass!
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:34 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:45 pm
Good for you! Nothing like bare feet in your own lawn!
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:52 pm
I don't know much about lawn care, but you could try an aboveground garden! whee I did that at my last house because our dirt was so stressed and dry. All I did was get four long boards that were about a foot wide, stick them into the ground a few inches and nail them together to make a square, and fill it up with potting soil. The baby roots got the nutrients from the potting soil, the ones that could stand the tough soil went down deep into the ground, and the more fragile roots spread out into the potting soil. I essentally had a 16 square foot pot mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:15 am
Artistic Mystic I don't know much about lawn care, but you could try an aboveground garden! whee I did that at my last house because our dirt was so stressed and dry. All I did was get four long boards that were about a foot wide, stick them into the ground a few inches and nail them together to make a square, and fill it up with potting soil. The baby roots got the nutrients from the potting soil, the ones that could stand the tough soil went down deep into the ground, and the more fragile roots spread out into the potting soil. I essentally had a 16 square foot pot mrgreen That sounds interesting and not as fake feeling as astro turf x3
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