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**Tom Wagner** · May 8, 2011

TZ,

I looked up the list of potatoes that you received last year and I hope they do well for you this year. You have clay soil? Organic matter to the rescue.

I would definitely add organic matter....compost...peat moss..etc to the row as you drag it out. Mix it in a bit and then transplant those TPS seedlings. Any amount to make the soil friable and not gummy. You may have read what I put into the soil on the spacing thread topic.

Meanwhile, it doesn't hurt to read what you local area says to do with clay soil....

http://local.garden.org/Improving_Cl...Vernon_OH.html

http://local.garden.org/Testing_Soil...Vernon_OH.html

May 8, 2011	#5
Tom Wagner Crosstalk™ Forum Moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: 8407 18th Ave West 7-203 Everett, Washington 98204 Posts: 1,157	TZ, I looked up the list of potatoes that you received last year and I hope they do well for you this year. You have clay soil? Organic matter to the rescue. I would definitely add organic matter....compost...peat moss..etc to the row as you drag it out. Mix it in a bit and then transplant those TPS seedlings. Any amount to make the soil friable and not gummy. You may have read what I put into the soil on the spacing thread topic. Meanwhile, it doesn't hurt to read what you local area says to do with clay soil.... http://local.garden.org/Improving_Cl...Vernon_OH.html http://local.garden.org/Testing_Soil...Vernon_OH.html