Stoney Soil

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• cathy43 Posts: 373

  July 2015

  Hi Adam, I Think a foot should be enough for perennials and shrubs, my brother had 'soil' like yours, he made a rockery type area for alpines, He said he decided to think of it as quarrying stones for the rockery rather than getting irritated at the stoney ground, he got a two for one

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• TheHappyGrower Posts: 181

  July 2015

  Adam Jesney wrote (see)

  Hi,

  My soil appears to have more stones that soil.  Large, medium and small.  You name it, I have it.  I am trying to dig in some new flower beds which, as you can imagine, is a nightmare.  Once I have lifted the turf, I immediately hit stones.  This continues for at least a foot as I have dug down that far.  I was thinking I would dig out 12" of the stoney ground, sieve out the stones and then add compost and organic matter to the remained soil.  Is 12" enough?  I will be planting perrenials, shrubs and bulbs in the borders mainly.

   

  Hi Adam,

  Could you describe the soil type you have please?

  would you say it`s possibly Clay?

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• Adam Jesney Posts: 2

  July 2015

  Thanks so far everyone.

  If I think of it as pots, how much bigger should I make the hole around the plants I am putting in? Twice the size would suffice?

  I wouldnt say it was particularly clay soil.  In some area's it seems quite 'good', sandy, crumbly.  The deeper I go the more clay it gets though.  It is definitely acidic as I have tested for this.

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