What is the Best Time to Apply Soil Amendments?
Soil amendments can be extremely beneficial to our gardens. They can take on physical soil conditions, improve soil pH, improve soil nutrient storage, etc. Continue reading
Improving Clay Soil Around Growing Vegetables
ClayMend is ideal for using in vegetable gardens whether it is applied before being planted or whether there are plants already growing. The ingredients include naturally occurring organic acids, microbes, and some nitrogen and sulfur that are in rich fertile…
Georgia Red Clay
Improving Georgia Red Clay Georgia Red Clay is the common name for a soil found in Georgia that is red in color. It is prevalent in other locations as well. It is called clay but it is actually classified as…
Improving Clay Soil Around Flowers
Beautiful flowers can be difficult to grow in hard clay soil gardens. In order to have nice foliage and bright blooms flowers need to have access to air, water, and the proper nutrients. Those nutrients can be tied up in…
Improving Clay Soil Around Trees and Shrubs
Have you ever planted a tree or shrub in clay soil only to have them grow poorly and die a few years later? Additionally when you dig them up do you notice the roots never grew outside of the original…
Improve Your Lawn by Improving Your Clay Soil
Even if a lawn is healthy the clay soil is likely restricting its growth in some area. Lawns can struggle in clay because of its fine soil particles that can get tightly packed and result in a dense soil structure. …
How Dog Urine Affects Soil pH
A lot of people work hard to have a lush green lawn. When pee spots from our pets appear we can easily get frustrated. We want to take action to stop the pee spots. We often jump to the conclusion that they are caused by an imbalance in the pH of the dog urine. This often leads to home remedies such as baking soda, gypsum, or… Continue reading
Enrich Your Soil
The study of soil can be dated back to mankind’s very existence. From the Greek historian Xenophon (450–355 B.C.) to today’s multitude of scientists looking for tomorrows answers, we at HumicGreen found a great way to enrich your soil with SoilEnliven. Continue reading
Giving More to Your Plants to Get More from Your Plants
When we talk about giving more to your plants, we’re not talking about more fertilizer per say, rather more variety of food for your plants. There are major fertilizers that we typically use on our plants but there are other nutrients, trace nutrients that are often found in our soil. The key to unlocking these trace nutrients is healthy aerobic microbial activity… Continue reading
How Does ClayMend “Open” the Soil?
An open soil is one that has small air holes in it where air, water and fertilizer can easily reach the root system and the root system can develop easily. This open structure makes the soil easier to work and friendlier to plants. It is said that the ideal soil is loam, a mixture of clay, sand and silt. The variety of sizes of these soil particles is… Continue reading
