Your sources don't say anything about soil compaction, workability, structure, etc. The sources you cited focused primarily on ph, sodium levels, and ion charges. Several of your factoids mentioned sand, not clay. Why would you even use sources saying it isn't helpful to use on sandy soils when all the claims are for clay? I don't know if gypsum is ineffective as a treatment for clay soil compaction and texture, that's why I'm on KZread researching. Based on the sources you cited, you don't know either. What is your motive? Do you sell a similar product that competes with gypsum?

@TheGrassFactor

Жыл бұрын

www.gardenmyths.com/gypsum-improve-clay-soil/ Have fun

@johnhunter4181

8 ай бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor Ah! that's where you stole the content of this video from. Suggestion for your next video - STOP wasting money on compost: "IT DOESN'T CHANGE THE SALINITY OR MAKE THE SOIL MORE ALKALINE OR KILL PESTS OR MAKE A GOOD PATH AND IT JUST MAKES WEEDS GROW FASTER BLAH BLAH.

@timstevens3179

8 ай бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor Your cheeky narcissism hurts you and offends others, that's why he attacked you.

@chandracox6814

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheGrassFactorsomeone got butt hurt from OP's comment....doesn't look good for you.

@anonymousdude1994

3 ай бұрын

Unsubscribed lol

Great video thanks Matt, where I live gypsum does work very well but I have to apply it in huge quantities every season. Definitely improves the texture of our heavy clay soil. Our local farm supply store was familiar with the local soils, he was surprised our clay had a neutral pH but I do add a lot of compost and arborist mulch to the garden beds. For my MIL’s garden on sand (she lives right by a beach) it would do absolutely nothing. The gypsum seems to “hold” the super fine clay particles into little balls and changed the texture to be “fluffier” sort of like the difference between cornflour, and then when you add a little butter and they clump together in tiny clumps. It doesn’t seem to last though unfortunately. Good explanation for those of us who need it broken down definitely not a one size fits all. Now I know I’ve “re flockulated” my soil and created aggregate.

I’m going through a lawn renovation and about two inches down the soil is incredibly dense and so compacted that I had trouble using a shovel to dig into the soil. I want to remove about two more inches of that compacted soil so I can add three inches of a blend of top soil, all-purpose sand, steer/ chicken manure, nitrogen fertilizer. I have declared war with the dense soil in my lawn. I WILL HAVE A NEW LUSH GREEN LAWN. I WILL HAVE MY NEW LAWN AT ANY COST.

Thank you genuinely for this info. Learned much more than I intended.

I couldn’t listen more than 40 seconds… A good quality gypsum like Earth Science not only *helped* my sod but *transformed* it from already being a beautiful lawn to *off the charts* gorgeous!!!!! My entire street has asked what I use & that was the first time using it. The *added* benefit, as if I needed one, was my sod now retains more water so my irrigation system bill was cut to less than *half* my summertime consumption! Your ‘stats’ can punt!

Love the educational content!

Love the info! Thanks to your teachings I’m officially the KBG King of Cincinnati

Hey, I have a question. I used Gypsum for initial planting of Rose Bushes. I was told that it makes pathways for the rose roots to 'chase water' and implant better. Great results. So, to clarify, did I just luck out that I had the right type of soil or is there validity to that?

Matt....I thoroughly enjoy your blogs...it took me.a little while to fully understand what your saying sometimes.... Also use your products and my yards never looked better. Joe's Lawn Care Troy, IL.

Hey Matt, finally someone is talking about it!

So a high CA soil level and low sulfur level would not be good for gypsum? My PH, Ma, NA and MG are all optimal on my report. Should I just go with a Humic only product to help with the Black dirt of north Texas?

PH is at 7.6 and magnesium is high at 480ppm and calcium is avg at 1850ppm. Would gypsum use be a good candidateto help lower the MG? Also under the impression that a high magnesium soil lacks oxygen causing potential nitrogen loss or efficiency?

My lawn is generally pretty good, but there are some areas where it's very thin and the soil is REALLY compacted (hard clay). I have aerated and seeded, but I still think it needs something more. Do you think a little gypsum would be beneficial in loosening it up a bit? Thanks.

Thanks Matt!

My whole yard is clay. If I water an area of the garden for an hour, I probably get 5 mm of water penetration in soil. If gypsum is not a recommended product to improve the clay soil, then what should I use? Is coarse sand more suitable than gypsum? Or maybe compost?

Good mat but this i felt really hard to follow it is like theoretical class room it would be nice if you can change the environment like showing the gypsum and actual soil and how to apply at least in the outdoors

What if I want it to add calcium and keep ph? 3,000 sq ft that was a lawn un-treated in any way but mowing for 20 years turned in to a family garden?

I am building a large above ground garden in Mesa, AZ - adding a mulch base mixed with quite a bit of bagged soil. I would like to break up the hard AZ clay dirt underneath (Caliche?) to add some depth to the garden. Everyone out here states that gypsum would help but I am clueless.

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

AZ often has sodic soil, so in that instance it may not be a mad idea. Sample your subsurface and see if you have greater than 18% exchangeable sodium

Hey Matt Robert from Raleigh. Got my soil sample back from county extension and want to ask if you all do an analysis/expert opinion for us very I’ll informed fokes. Have no idea where to begin with all this info. Thanks enjoy your humor keep it light

Best way to improve drainage in heavy sandy clay soils? Water will sit in a hole for 5 days. Any suggestions thanks

The guy at our local nursery had me put down gypsum to offset the “burn” from all the road salt from the winter

Fighting clay, compacted, acidic soil here in the North East. Opened up some walls in my home for a remodel and had abut 20 pieces of sheetrock for the dumpster. Decided to break up a piece, soak it in a bucket, and blend it with a high speed mixer. The result was a super alkaline creamy mixture, like 90 weight gear oil. Thinned it out and sprayed it across a 100sq/ft test plots, estimate 40lbs of sheetrock over the area. That was 5 days ago. The results are amazing, all done with garbage that was slated for the dumpster. You probably can come up with some math or scientific reason this isn't a good idea but that test plot is greener than anything I've seen in my yard in years. Going to keep an eye on it and see if it helped with compaction

@TheGrassFactor

2 жыл бұрын

My only concern would be clogging a sprayer but that's it. Dry wall can be either calcium sulfate or even calcium carbonate. If you have acidic soil you could have been calcium deficient, and the response would make sense. If you have acidic soil, assuming your slurry was indeed alkaline (gypsum is not), the response would make sense. So I don't see anything wrong with it at all

@njphil1279

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor Sprayed it with a Flowzone and flood tip after running it through a 10um filter. No Problem. Switched over to a liquid diet and used max amounts of N-EXT Humic and RGS last fall/early spring. Used Green Punch at max rates during cooler months and switched to 1/2 rates of Green Effect when temps reached 80+. Nothing works as the lawn is still a pukey green color but healthy. Even sprayed it with some 15% Southern AG cheleated Iron....nothing. Threw down some scotts Turf Builder which I used for years and it greened right up in a few days, but liquids seem to do anything. Either this N-EXT program is total BS or I have a problem getting the stuff down through the roots from the foliar. Waiting on a soil test now.

Thank you for the info, it came at just the right time for me.

Hi Matt, quick question, here in Houston, we have been getting flooding rains for days, as a result, many lawns look chlorotic including my own. I would assume, since many micros are mobile, that the flooding is washing away the sulphur or iron in the soil. My choice to replace the sulphur is Ammonium Sulphate (21-0-0) but Gypsom (Calcium Sulphate) is a sulphur source as well. What is your recommendation.

@TheGrassFactor

2 жыл бұрын

Applying gypsum to an already extremely high calcium soil would not be advised. The flooding is creating anaerobic conditions and limiting the uptake of N. AMS would be the appropriate choice.

Hi Matt, I just want share something with you that I'm sure EVERYONE would agree with. What separates you from the pack of lawn care gurus is that you take the time to answer the questions posed on your videos. I can't emphasize enough how important that is, you are above and beyond the others. Good luck getting a response from LCN, he never, ever responds to posts on his videos. Matt, you are a true professional, keep up the excellent work !!!

@JUSTDREAMFREE

2 жыл бұрын

If LCN answered every viewer questions he would be there for hours, even days. Matt has small numbers so he can answer your questions.

Will you do a video on Hydretain? Would love to hear your opinion on it and if it actually works

Your information actually sounds perfect for my location lol

Interesting!

@TheGrassFactor what’s the take on using gypsum to break apart soil that’s mostly clay?

@Garrysullivanjones

8 ай бұрын

Dude I tried gypsum for the same issue and it doesn’t seem to do anything, the soil goes hard after a few days weeks. I give up mentally in trying to grow in crap soil . Don’t you hate when you ignore a plant and it booms to spite you and the ones you tend or overtend turn into weaklings. Good luck with your plants

What you say makes sense, why do so many folks seem to have this wrong?

I’ve used gypsum with success in regards to improving soil test. I had high cal/mag with a high PH, used gypsum to flush out mag and next soil test showed it improved. Whats your thoughts on this?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

I think you're saying you adjusted your cal to mag ratio? Applying calcium isn't going to make your magnesium drop. Going on a soil acidification plan will, but applying gypsum will only raise concentration of calcium higher than magnesium, which moves into BCSR theory.

@shawnechart176

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor sulfate combined with the sodium to form sodium sulfate and turn the mag into a salt then it can flush?

@kingkon164

2 жыл бұрын

I need to keep pH low (centipede) which it is but my calcium and magnesium is low so gypsum would make sense.

What do you recommend for compacted soil?

@Garrysullivanjones

8 ай бұрын

Pitchfork that bastard hard soil

What are your thoughts on Buffalo Grass, (more specifically sundancer) around the South Dakota southern border area? UNL seems to like it (they developed it though)

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

I have never maintained buffalo grass so I cannot give you an honest opinion a out it. I apologize!

You’re missing a few huge benefits that gypsum has. Its a great way to get calcium and sulfur into your soil which is 2 nutrients that your soil needs alot of. Even if your soil test shows high Cal, its most likely not available. The biggest benefit I see for gypsum is to lower excessive magnesium. The sulfate can bind with the mag to form a salt and from there it can be leached.

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Most magnesium in the soil exists as magnesium carbonate. SO4 does not react with magnesium carbonate. It would take something like sulfuric acid. Sulfate is not sulfuric acid, or even acidic for that matter.

@grassgodlucas7420

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor The sulfate in gypsum is a double negative charge repelled by the soil. As it moves through the soil, it will take the small mag particles with it - the double plus charged magnesium. Which forms epsom salts and will lead to leaching excess mag. Obviously conditions need to be right and this method would not be good for sandy soils. It isn’t a quick process but it is effective

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@grassgodlucas7420 if the magnesium exists in the soil in it's ionic form, it will leach without the need of binding to sulfate because it's already in it's ionic form. Adding gypsum isn't going to make it leach if it's already an ion...

@danieldowning6567

9 ай бұрын

You're also forgetting that gypsum has a very solubility in water. So it won't get uptaken by the roots.

Doesn't adding manure in soil over salt the soil over time? .

Big dog Matt! Can you not upload the videos before 3pm. That way, I don’t have to pull into a parking lot to watch before my return home from work. Excellent video!

I have 2.5 gallons of 'liquid gypsum' that I'd planned on applying this year. (I bought 5 gal last yr and used 2.5). Does the same apply to this product? (Ohio, KBG, ph 7.6 {I've put an app of sulfur this spring at 5 lbs / 1000 sqft}, CEC 17.8)

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Liquid gypsum, granular gypsum, all the same. Do you have sodic soil? Are you deficient in calcium? If you do not fit those metrics than there's no real reason to apply it.

@wmf1595

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor Thanks for the reply. Money's already spent, but time is money so I won't waste the time to apply it! (I have a current Spectrum A soil test - is there something on that test that will point to sodic soil?)

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@wmf1595 not unless sodium was requested... But sodic soils are a thing of the arid west. About a .001% chance of encountering that in ohio

You are the man brother.👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

I took nothing away from this. Works well for heavy clay. Readily available in a ph neutral formua.

I'm in North Texas and have clay soil, and have been using the N-Ext humic acid products for about 3 years. It made a huge difference. Before, when dry I could not get a spade into the ground even when jumping on it when the soil was dry. Now I can do it with nearly no effort. I'm glad I went this route and skipped gypsum!

@JediOfTheRepublic

3 жыл бұрын

I live in South Central Texas and can say the same thing,

@samuraioodon

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in Dallas. I'm trying to figure out how to amend my clay lawn. It's been years since anything had been done. Hard when dry, runoff when wet...

@johnheimel5594

3 жыл бұрын

samuraioodon guaranteed if you add the N-Ext humic acid products and start with a megadose you will see a change. I have no affiliation with them, but am a believer in their products.

@samuraioodon

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnheimel5594 😊 how long did it take to see any improvements?

@johnheimel5594

3 жыл бұрын

@@samuraioodon the first thing I noticed was that the grass (St. Augustine) blades were greener and wider after a week or so. The drainage also improved during that time. I megadosed the Humic12 with a regular does of RGS and Air8 in a tank sprayer and when I came to a problem section, painted it on. I watered it heavy for 2 nights after application. From what I understand, these products take the clay particles that are compacted and laying flat and stand them on their end, act as a magnet for nutrients in the ground creating micro fractures and the help the grass grow deeper roots. The process takes time, but if you do a heavy application to begin and use it regularly afterwards you will see a huge improvement over time.

I've sent my soil test to you to give me some recommendations. The tester recommended gypsum for my soil. If they recommended it should I do it?

@ZE308AC

2 жыл бұрын

Your better off trying John and Bobs smart soil solutions

Why do they but tons of it down on the tree orchards? Out here they put powder down or some guys use a drip line water system. I have not put it on my yard. But i see ot used a lot on the farms.

I have the rare soil test 6.8 ph high magnesium. Low calcium and sulfur.

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Now THAT is a good use of gypsum!

If I run a soil test and I don't fall into the high salt or sodic soil, what's the best way to improve heavy clay soil?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Get something growing on it. Physically manipulating the soil via aeration or scarifying, verticutting, zip seeding, etc may help in initial establishment

Good to know!! So what does help with clay? Mines rock solid!

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Getting something growing on it, even weeds, will be the fastest way. physically manipulating it, such as with an aeration or verticut will also help.

@C22GSX1

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor mixed advice on verticutting with St Augustine in personal research. Probably best to core aerate, I would think....?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@C22GSX1 Yes, st augustine is a whole 'nother ball game. Core aerification would be better.

I assume mag-i-cal is one of these products? I got it to raise pH in some clay soil. Should I get some lime?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYKcsM6Kkq-yfLw.html

You can tell if you have sodic soil if it’s rock hard when dry, and it’s completely unstable when wet

I have the strangest soil, 67 CEC, 284PPM Magnesium and 568PPM calcium with a PH of 8.0 it seams that this would be the rare case that Gypsum would be beneficial?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Yes that sure seems like it. Can you email me your soil test? thegrassfactor@gmail.com

@nickpaff2949

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor ok I just sent it. Thank you for asking!

Question, what is the different between Humic Acid vs Biochar?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

It's an extremely long answer because the difference is are so vast, though they do have potential to have some similarities, albeit small

@blackhouse7646

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor thanks you for the response. I debating between humic dg and Carbon pro G from Lesco. I have some spots on my lawn where the bermuda is very thin. Any suggestions? I wish your product was still out.

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackhouse7646 if it were my property I would just apply fertilizer

@blackhouse7646

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor thanks for the advice.

@blackhouse7646

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor Hi Matt, thanks for the advice. I just got my soil test back and my soil PH is at 5.58 and my N is low at 4.64 with Low Iron at 3.83 too. I saw your video about Lime last week and it opened my eyes. How many LBs/1000 sq ft do you recommend of pelletize lime?

Aqua-sil alternative to gypsum lasts longer spray on

all these tests are from the big guys doing mono crops feeding the plants chemical fertilizers as opposed to living organic soil. big difference, but i do not know the answer if Gypsum is good for anything?

I use gypsum to lower pH for my plants, works wonderfully.

@emmanuelo6395

Ай бұрын

lol which gypsum? Most gypsum do not alter ph. It even says so on the packaging. May be gypsum is making easer for whatever else you put down to work.

How can magnesium be in the form of calcium carbonate ? 6:10

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

That's a mispeak, magnesium carbonate*

Of course you published this right after I purchased 80 lb of gypsum 😆. So what's the solution for saline soil?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

Leaching, heavy irrigation or rain.

I guess my Mystic test recommendations are worthless. I hope the addition of alkali grasses will turn my curbside strip grassy again. Roadsalts have raised Cain with it... the ryegrasses germinated.

While I totally concur with the majority of your evaluation I just reread Dr Chalker Scott’s assessment of gypsum. As taken from her summary: With the exception of arid and coastal regions (where soil salts are high) and the southeastern United States (where heavy clay soils are common), gypsum amendment is just not necessary in non-agricultural areas.” So there still is a bit of confusion based on the studies you reference and what the evaluation considered. I live in a coastal area with a thick layer of depositional clay. Adding compost creates a humus layer that basically rides on top of the clay layer. There’s no way to break that interface without mechanical means. I have had success using a combination of gypsum and quality compost to soften that clay barrier. It’s not a magic bullet and I realize that there may be issues with leaching iron manganese etc but it’s impossible to change a clay zone of that magnitude. I found zero studies where the study was done on clay soil using a combination of gypsum and compost. So based on my experience I will keep adding gypsum and compost yearly and watch how the soil test goes A report recently received via email: “A study at Penn State also has shown a significant increase in root growth by both tall fescue and bermuda grass when gypsum was applied to a clay soil. As you can see in the picture below the gypsum treated soil had a larger amount of root mass at each depth than the control.”

I applied probably too much to part of my lawn and now that clay soil is far too squishy and turns into mud 😭

Love big Matt!! I thought gypsum was just used in drywall

@schaeferlawncarepropertyma4898

3 жыл бұрын

And when mixed with water and sand it can make a self-leveling sub flooring.

Gypsum works great for me.

I guess I’ll see if they’ll take my pallet of gypsum back. Hoping to turn my clay into top soil😣

@jwall9436

3 жыл бұрын

Just order a drive way full of topsoil and spread it. Works immensely better. Do this once per season and boom you’ll have inches deep of topsoil in no time.

@KyrenaH

2 жыл бұрын

@@jwall9436 This wouldn't work for me. Unfortunately, my backyard floods when it rains. So, all that topsoil washes away and I'm left with clay.

Earthworks soil test shows I have high sodium and they recommend 10lbs of gypsum per 1000sqft. So who is right here? You or them?

@TheGrassFactor

Жыл бұрын

High sodium soil can be a "sodic" soil which is talked about in the video as an appropriate time to use gypsum, so if you're closing in in 6% of exchangeable cations as sodium, then you'll get a return on investment.

@fatlabmonkey

Жыл бұрын

@The Grass Factor thank you for the reply. I hope that didn't sound like I was being rude. The reading is 44lb/A. I have no idea what that means other than its high.

I have no choice but to add Gypsum, in the summer my soul is solid like concrete.

What if you have high pH, high sodium, high salinity, high sulfur, and high calcium clay soil? Would you use gypsum?

@TheGrassFactor

Ай бұрын

Sounds sodic to me - yes

@JMBlackNet

Ай бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor Thanks! Would you also think AMS is appropriate for sodic soil?

@TheGrassFactor

Ай бұрын

@@JMBlackNet for it's pH buffering, yessir💪

I'm in Phoenix. Dirt is hard. I think I need gypsum. Soil read 8 alkaline and zero ph.

@TheGrassFactor

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have sodic soil?

ok then ....I've been putting gypsum on top of my clay for a few years now, and it hasn't done a damn thing; now I know why ....but yeah, read in one of your other replies what actually works to soften clay(and keep it that way) is to just get some roots growing thru it....as I did do one season of cheap *Annual* rye grass, and it totally 'woke' the soil up; as otherwise no matter what I did, as soon as that clay turned to slick mud, it all froze back up into a hard cracked solid dead block

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

You actually bring up a great point - annual rye is allelopathic and is one of the few plants that would not be a good choice. Allelopathic plants emit a chemical that "poisons" the soil in an effort to eliminate competition.

@BenjaminT.Minkler

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor yup, I certainly did notice that ....the annual-rye really did nearly completely wipe out anything else that had been growing there .... but actually in my case that was a good thing as I was wanting to switch grass types in that area anyway, so I didn’t have to glyphosate at all - however I did notice the first reseeding attempt(after the a-rye, which I verticutted/tilled out late summer/fall)mostly completely failed, but then in the spring and by a year later a better over seed again at fall did work great so again ‘now I know why’ - super thanks! I’m currently doing a 20’X50’ “sports court” which I put annual ryegrass seed in last fall after tiling, but it seems only half of it came up last year, and now the rest grew this spring .... my plan was to keep blasting that area with repeated a-rye and tilings as I do sessions of leveling for a few years(when I used it before, it actually looked pretty good, was durable, and very easy to quickly patch any damage; so my ‘court’ would still be playable during this process) BUT if this a-rye is as deadly as you say, how badly will I “taint” that soil I’m trying to build from ever switching up to a better permanent grass type? and what could be done to “clean” the soil or how long does that poisoning last?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@BenjaminT.Minkler not super long after dying. Perennial ryegrass would be the better choice.

@BenjaminT.Minkler

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor which part of the Annual Ryegrass is “poisonous” to weeds and other grass types: the blades or the root, and/or the whole plant?(thinking if I have to ‘remove’ the a-rye I have now, which I haven’t cut/mulched in yet this season so it is like a foot tall currently in my future sports court.... and if I need to start another grass there asap) really loving your help on this, so many thanks as I make better moves this year! also, if I can ask, I’ve got four flower trees; Magnolia, red and green apple trees, and a “choke cherry”(hard orange ‘cherries’ with pink small flowers, have not been able to exactly identify) question: are the flower petal droppings also “poisonous” to grass seed germination or new seedling’s growth? .... as I’ve got some seeded spots out now and been daily raking/blowing the petals off, but it’s a real pain; but still would never let them get a heavy covering, just need to know if ‘some’ are okay or if chemically they will halt germination and/or early growth? thanks so much for the replies -desperately seeking lawn nirvana

Oh damn I thought you said jizzium

@PaulsPrimeCuts

3 жыл бұрын

I definitely don’t see how that would work on dirt

@wayneessar7489

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@kennycooperkc

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulsPrimeCuts it’s part of the core aeration process

@PaulsPrimeCuts

3 жыл бұрын

@@kennycooperkc I like my yard..... but not that much

@PaulsPrimeCuts

3 жыл бұрын

@@wayneessar7489 I guess I wasn’t paying full attention

When you're tired of the watered down basics you come see Matt and gain some brain.

So what’s the solution, conduct a soil test?

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

The solution to what - clay soil? Get something growing on it. I did a previous video on "the root cycling effect"

C’Mon Man! What happened to “Scam Alert”?

Thursday LIVE: Thirsty Thursday w/ SeeBryanGo discussing TifTuf Bermuda! 8PM EDT kzread.info/dash/bejne/gK2XtcRuh9aqmcY.html

It’s science. Most won’t understand. (Including me)

Hi mate. I have clay soil in my veggie patch every season I go to start planting. I’ve been told gypsum by so called gurus is the answer, funny to me as it looks like beach sand in the bag and I don’t believe it does anything . I’m angry they market it as the saviour for clay soil and it’s a rip off, I could be buying other useful garden products instead

@TheGrassFactor

8 ай бұрын

Brother, a garden setting like that, id look at good tillage and introduction of compost. Grass ixwouldnt, but growing veggies - 100% tillage + compost.

@Garrysullivanjones

8 ай бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor thanks pal. I live in Australia, it is the start of spring (20 days in) . I still have plenty of time to germinate from seeds for various vegetable plants? Do you start seeds in pots of seed raising mix or just throw them in their final garden spot in ground?

@TheGrassFactor

8 ай бұрын

@@Garrysullivanjones typically I'll start then in seed starter pots then transplant into the garden, unless in doing a big plant like a hybrid corn or okra. But if it's like tomatoes, peppers, even cucumbers, watermelons, squash, I'll do a seed starter pot

Burst my bubble !

High pH, high magnesium, high calcium. That's Texas clay.

@TheGrassFactor

10 ай бұрын

Elemental Sulfur is your friend, not gypsum

@oldmanwaugh

10 ай бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor citric acid and hydrated lime are suggestions floated a lot around here.

@TheGrassFactor

10 ай бұрын

@@oldmanwaughcitric acid is good in conjunction with elemental sulfur - hydrated lime will raise pH & calcium, which works against you.

Your first sentence tells me you are wrong. Gypsum is the only product that can break down clay soil. Gypsum molecules can penetrate the clay molecules and break it down. Read the the label.

@TheGrassFactor

Ай бұрын

Chemically, how does calcium sulfate penetrate clay molecules and break it down? Listen to what you're writing. It doesn't make sense. And the scientific data affirms my position.

weeks to late already spreaded

Not first. I don’t see an appropriate trigger warning on this video.

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

I did not use the word scam so i assumed less feelings would be felt

@Jmfokken

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor I felt that comment deep in my soul, just like gypsum is felt deep in my clay soil.

@TheGrassFactor

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jmfokken that feeling is the cash that spontaneously combusted

@Jmfokken

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor I’ll send all my charred money to you.

Best thing for clay is rich mix top soil and compost. End of message.

@dannymartinez8522

Ай бұрын

Is this solution permanent or I have to keep adding 50/50 let's say every 3yrs

@rickjames6948

Ай бұрын

@@dannymartinez8522 No such thing as permanent or a one time thing in soil. I now change my mind on sand after using it. Do NOT buy any sand for your soils slash yard. Sand offers ZERO nutrition for the soil. Remember glass is made from sand.

@rickjames6948

Ай бұрын

@@dannymartinez8522 The best leveling material is rich mix top soil with 25% compost. Forget SAND.

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The only thing I took away from this video is your ability, (or lack of,) to read off a monitor and spit out info from the studies that you chose. And you should take some chemistry classes, so you don’t feed people wrong information.

@TheGrassFactor

2 жыл бұрын

Wait - citing studies but providing wrong information.. make it make sense

@TheGrassFactor

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to have you on Thirsty Thursday - fill out the contact form on this page: www.thegrassfactor.tv/contact-us and we'll get you scheduled!

@donteven5712

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGrassFactor I said citing the studies you chose. I’m not arguing with you. Just saying that the video content wasn’t all correct. People have different types of clay soils. The clay soil I have here is different from someone 5 minutes down the road. So a blanket study done in a certain area can’t apply to everyone.

@TheGrassFactor

2 жыл бұрын

@@donteven5712 I cited 4 studies, 3 of which showing the only clay soils positively affected by gypsum is sodic soil, which I also discussed in the video. Regardless of what kind of clay you have, if it is not sodic, gypsum will have no effect - which has been repeatedly proven since the 70s. What chemistry did I get wrong?

Too much information 😰

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