Amending Clay Soil For Vegetable Garden. With an established garden add an inch of compost each year. Then Ill show you what to do to to fix it.
Clay that is wet is much easier compacted making the amending a lot more difficult. External addition of Essential nutrients. It lightens the soil texture discourages compaction adds nutrients improves drainage and aeration moderates soil temperature and provides pore space which is essential to plant growth.
You can use tilling a traditional.
Yet if you have a relatively small 100 square foot garden area that is thick with clay soil youll need many yards of sand to amend it. Read more about improving clay soil. Native plants have adapted to clays heavy density and lack of nutrients but if you want to plant a diverse garden youll need to. In the first season or two after adding organic material to the soil you will want to take care when watering.