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Nov 28, 2015 9:41 AM CST
Name: Connie
Winlock, WA (Zone 8a)
Need has nothing to do with it.
I have heavy clay soil that turns to concrete by summer's end. My dahlias grow in a knot and do not extend their toes down or even out very far. My husband is going to make a subsoiler tooth to attach to the sway bar of our tractor that will go down about 16-24 inches to loosen up the hard pan. I have a couple of yards of finished compost and hope to have a couple more by spring. Plus I have been getting sand down near the Cowlitz River. It's sand/volcanic ash from when Mount. St. Helen's blew and the core of engineers had to dredge the river because it clogged up. I also have a couple of piles of used potting soil. I plan to put all that onto the bed and til it in after using the subsoiler. Anyone have any ideas?

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