THC_9

Greetings fellow plant lovers! I posted a question in the indoor section and I should have posted half of my question here, so here it goes. I have never grown in this area of the country and I plan on moving my kiddies outside soon. I am going to be using the tree line of a wheat field for planting. The soil is,, well...Strange. When it is dry it is as hard as concrete (no shit) and when it is wet it turns to "Gumbo". Anyone have any war stories about growing in the North Texas area of the country? Any tips?

lilbuddie

Sounds like there is clay in the soil. In GA, we have the good ol red clay and this stuff is tuff when dry. You may want to prepare the soil by mixing in an aggregrate like perlite (doesn't have to be this) to help keep compaction (is this even a word?:eek down. I've never grown weed outside but this is what I do for any new additions to my yard sice the soil is so hard in dry times.

Good Growing
LB

THC_9

The perlite is a good idea. I was talking to a local farmer about growing tomatoes, corn, and other "veggies" this morning and he said to turn the soil in my garden a few times and then add some perlite. Cool. I will just take all of the advice he gave me and apply it to my "plants", as well as my garden.
Yeah this soil is unreal! I actually took a sledge to it and it barely cracked!

lilbuddie

My best advice is listen to the farmer! Especially if he is a succesful one. He'll tell ya how to in your area.

Good Growing
LB