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minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoSoil compacts when wet and driven over. This decreases porosity and infiltration. Finer textures like silt and clay compact more Basically by driving over their work, they are undoing all of it.
minus-squareSaneMartigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·4 days agoI ordered a bit too much dirt for some garden beds I built so I stomped it down to fit it all. I had do dig it out as my veggies were struggling to penetrate. I had carrots with right angles in them.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoEuufh. Yeah that’s not great. If you busted things up you’ll probably be ok. Easier to decompact beds like that than an in situ garden
minus-squareSaneMartigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoI also needed to move one bed four inches away from the other so they weren’t ankle breakingly close together.
Soil compacts when wet and driven over. This decreases porosity and infiltration. Finer textures like silt and clay compact more
Basically by driving over their work, they are undoing all of it.
I ordered a bit too much dirt for some garden beds I built so I stomped it down to fit it all. I had do dig it out as my veggies were struggling to penetrate. I had carrots with right angles in them.
Euufh. Yeah that’s not great. If you busted things up you’ll probably be ok. Easier to decompact beds like that than an in situ garden
I also needed to move one bed four inches away from the other so they weren’t ankle breakingly close together.