We are on heavy clay too- but it has been worked well over a number of years prior to us being here. I've had some sucess over the past few months with using vitax clay breaker and pelleted chicken manure in my front garden. Following any of these treatments applying 6X in early spring gets your garden off to the perfect start for the season.

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Wonderfully situated in Wychbold near Droitwich, West Hagley near Stourbridge, Cheltenham and also Millets Farm in Oxfordshire, Webbs is a family business committed to providing the very best for your garden and home. It can be used at any time of the year, but the best results will be obtained when applied during autumn after rough digging of the affected areas. I rotivated mine, pulled out the biggest lumps of clay and chucked them away then stuck in loads of compost and kept adding more once a year in the autumn and now it's much better (3 years later). If I were to sprinkle clay breaker in now (spring rather than autumn) and then add a 4” layer of rotted manure on top would that be beneficial to heavy clay soil or am I better just doing one or the other but not both?

We have solid clay soil which has been compacted down and had turf lain on top by builders as it's a new build garden. All products are from sourced from the top horticultural suppliers such as Vitax, Plantworks and Burgon and Ball. I would have thought due to the weight of this item that is would have been better in much stronger. If your address falls into one of these categories, we will work out the cheapest option and where possible, send out your items without any additional charge to yourself.

Clay Breaker can be used at any time of the year, but best results will be obtained when applied during autumn after rough digging the affected areas. Whatever i do is going to cost but it has to be affordable and both Clay Breaker and grit are expensive.

adds that all important humus to the ground, the organic matter that keeps those clay particles apart, improving the structure of your soil and giving your plants the best possible growing conditions. Pictured variations are chosen at random during picking and requests for certain variations cannot always be guaranteed. I have dug in sacks and sacks of compost but nothing is working as when it's wet it is waterlogged and when it dries out it's like cement! Lime is best applied in autumn as Vitax Granular Garden Lime which is scattered over the soil surface and left to do its work over winter.We had some landscaping work done in our garden and a small digger compacted the turf area, so much so I had to lay a new turf myself. I’ve since used it on flower beds with compost and in a matter of 3 weeks the soil is crumbly and friable. This raises the pH of acid clay soils, making them more alkaline and in doing so it encourages clay particles to stick together in small clumps. It’s definitely a waiting game with the product so don’t expect overnight results (the product information does say this).

Clay Breaker will break up even the heaviest clay, improving friability and making the soil easier to work. Suitable for all clay-based soils, Clay Breaker will break up the heaviest of soil, making it easier to work. The problem is that we moved in late and it had grown so long that we had to butcher it to get it mown as we had a bad lawn mower and it never recovered. In our garden you can see where we walked a lot in the 6 months after laying the lawn (we took down and added a new shed so there was lots of tramping back and forth) as the grass doesn't grow as much or as strongly as the other areas (stays short and not as dark green). In the event of this taking place a member of staff will be in touch to discuss your options or you can contact us on 01924 280306 for more details.This method is particularly beneficial on the vegetable plot: most vegetables, especially brassicas grow more successfully on alkaline soil.