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dice · August 9, 2008

A foot thick mulch might do more for it than tilling it in the
fall, unless you have more soil amendments that you need
to mix in (rock phosphate, granite dust, organic amendments
that need a season to break down, and so on).

See

http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%2...dments%202.pdf

for some surprising results with just mulch over packed, mostly
clay soil.

August 9, 2008	#3
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	A foot thick mulch might do more for it than tilling it in the fall, unless you have more soil amendments that you need to mix in (rock phosphate, granite dust, organic amendments that need a season to break down, and so on). See http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%2...dments%202.pdf for some surprising results with just mulch over packed, mostly clay soil. __________________ -- alias