Beginner Gardening: Working with clay soil , 2 by Zen_Man

Zen_Man wrote:
I don\'t have clay soil, but our native soil is heavy sedimentery based, so it tends to act a bit like clay soil. I have spread pelleted Gypsum to help \"flocculate\" it.

I also add washed river sand to help aerate the soil. I buy the river sand a truckload at a time in order to get a lower cost for a particular amount of sand. At first I bought sand by the bag of \"play sand\" from home stores, but realized that was not economical for large amounts of sand.

You might want to look into whether it would beneficial for you to to spread some pelleted gypsum on your clay-based soil.

ZM