soil mix for growing veg

[badgerboy 3]

hi

does enyone know how and what to mix to make good growing soil as i have moved into a new house and the garden is just clay with loads of flints and bricks to hard to dig and remove stones do i just buy topsoil and horse muck and mix it

eny help would be good

many thanks

[Guest bullterrier]

you could try making some raised beds might be your best bet mate. ...john

[shepp 2,285]

I would mix in some cheap compost and horse manure.

[chalkedup 14]

hi

does enyone know how and what to mix to make good growing soil as i have moved into a new house and the garden is just clay with loads of flints and bricks to hard to dig and remove stones do i just buy topsoil and horse muck and mix it

eny help would be good

many thanks

 

depends what your intending to grow as some veg like carrots/parsnips dont like too much manure so its probley best to build small raised beds 4ftx4ft say about 12" deep and give square foot gardening a go its alot more efficient if youv not got too much space, like you can grow 16 carrots in 1sqf or a 1 colly/calabrese/cabbage so times that by 16 for each bed and it soon mounts up

 

mines heavy clay i just removed the stones and dug in a bale of straw and let the worms go to work

i also added compost from my compost bin and some sand

building a nice soil up takes about 3 years but is usable from the start

but if you dont mind buying/or if you can get it free topsoil will be great and manure will help build up the worms which break down the soil

 

feed the soil ,not the plants

[tubba 38]

Mix in some hydrated lime aswell bet that grounds as sour as a witch's tit.

[juckler123 707]

Soils always work in progress sand and loam will help with the clay and muck of course.

If you can get it get pidgeon muck off of the racing pidgeon lads for your brassica plot beats liming as the mucks full of it

[trappa 518]

Either what bullterrier says and do some raised beds or it may well take you a few seasons to get the soil something like if its as bad as you say.

Poor soil will limit what you can grow, but there will be things that will suit it, but the choice will be limited.