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Old 07-14-2008, 09:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Default Re: fert going bad?

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Originally Posted by Chironex View Post
Richard, thanks much for the advice. What would you suggest to augment what I have already done? Carbonic acids, like soda water?
Or is there something better and less expensive to use to release the minerals and break the ionic bonds in the clay?
Soda water does not contain any carbonic acid. Instead, you are looking for a liquid or granular soil conditioner (sometimes labeled fertilizer with soil conditioner) that contains humus or humic acid. If your local agricultural supplier carries Kellogg's Nitrohumus -- then you can mix this in either: with the clay, sand, pea gravel, gypsum, and ground coir as you amend the soil, or mix it in with your mulch after the fact.
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