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  • #1

    I have a wet patch

    In my garden

    One corner of our small garden always seems very damp compared to the rest. No obvious difference in the soil (pretty thick clay), it is in the shade more though. I've tried poking it with a fork to aid drainage but to no avail, and neither my lawn nor the cherry tree I planted are doing well - although a currant bush I planted this spring is going crazy!

    Anyway I have a spare bucket of sand from lifting some paving slabs and I wondered if I dig this into the clayey soil would help?
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  • #2
    I doubt one bucket would make much difference doohg, maybe if you had a builder's bag full?
    He-Pep!

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    • #3
      Any idea how man square metres a bucket/bag would do so I can guesstimate a good amount? I've no idea how much sand to add - don't want to end up with it too sandy!

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      • #4
        Just wondering why it is just in one patch. You don't have a broken water pipe or a spring running through there?
        Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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        • #5
          Almost certainly not; it's a new-build development and I've seen the plans showing all the water pipes.

          As I say, this is the corner which gets the least sun but also as a new build I think they have hard-pack or whatever a foot down with a layer of soil on top. Maybe the ground is just less porous here. It's also in the corner of the brick wall around the garden, bordering the back road, so potentially that is creating some sort of barrier effect.

          It's only a patch about 2m x 1m but that's still a non-trivial fraction of our garden

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          • #6
            According to this Clay soils/RHS Gardening you need 250Kg per square meter

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            • #7
              I'd be inclined to double-dig it, adding as much organic compost or FYM as possible as you go, plus a load of grit or gravel (not sand). A lot of hard work, but it will loosen the clay and also increase the depth of the bed a bit (i.e. raise it). The organic matter will draw in soil creatures such as worms which will create their own tunnels, further opening up the clay and allowing it to drain better.
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              • #8
                Wow! A quarter-ton for a tiny patch. Maybe I'll scratch that idea

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                • #9
                  I would dig a hole in the middle of it as deep as you can say 2ft at least, then tip gravel into it. a sort of soak away. The deeper you go the more effective it will be.
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                  • #10
                    It could be as well to have a poke around and see if anything is buried, builders do have a habit of burying all manner of stuff rather than removing it. My last house was new and I built a fishpond for the kids, just under the tiny bit of topsoil I found five full size bags of cement which had gone hard and had I been a gardener at that time would no doubt have caused me problems ! FWIW

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                    • #11
                      Could you turn it into a pond or weed bed? we have a similar wet patch and plan to do that at some point.
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                      • #12
                        Perfect place for rhubarb. Why not just roll with the conditions and plant what will be happy there?

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                        • #13
                          Gunnera is a great one for boggy, wet ground. Very impressive plant.


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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by ryanguevara1983 View Post
                            Gunnera is a great one for boggy, wet ground. Very impressive plant.
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