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How to Loosen & Improve Hard or Compacted Soil

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How to Loosen & Improve Hard or Compacted Soil

59,194 views November 3, 2019 3:24

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We look at compacted soils and how to loosen and improve them. Compacted soils are those that are hard, and this can be caused by foot and car traffic, over tilling and other factors. What happens is that the soil particles are pushed further together, the amount of air in the soil is reduced and the productivity of the soil decreases.

Soil compactions inhibits water retention, microbial activity and this impairs the growth of plants.

A few simple tricks can help loosen and make long term improvements to compacted soils including additives and amendments to help improve soil structure.

Soil Amendments to use with compacted soils include :

Biochar - nurseriesonline.com.au/gardening-articles/bioch…
Rock Dust - nurseriesonline.com.au/gardening-articles/rockd…
Leaf Mold - nurseriesonline.com.au/gardening-articles/leaf-…

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johnny A published this 3:24 video tutorial on November 3, 2019. It has been watched 59,194 times on YouTube.

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November 3, 2019
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