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Re: Growing grass in clay subsoils...got no loam!
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Posted by Tom from Ontario on July 18, 2000 at 17:39:33 from (216.129.12.153):
In Reply to: Growing grass in clay subsoils...got no loam! posted by Keith on July 17, 2000 at 13:11:35:
Always a challenge. I would suggest a mixture of the fastest-growing, most persistent, plants with the biggest root system going. How about perennial ryegrass for biomass and huge root system and sweet clover for soil improvement and a root system that will wreck asphalt. If you broadcast this stuff, maybe run a light harrow over it and a roller of some fashion, then a light coat of something to form a mulch, straw, crappy hay, light coat of manure. If you get a ton of weeds, mow about 6 inches high.
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