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Island Brah · 04-25-2017, 07:52 AM

Does any of you have any experience using gypsum or liquid gypsum in clay soil? I live just northeast of Atlanta.

I made a newly tilled flower bed and want to plant some Basjoos and elephant ears but the soil has really bad drainage. I dug a few nice size holes to fit some existing Basjoos and the soil was very muddy and full of chalky rock. It made me think to fill the holes with water before transplanting and the water literally hasn't drained out of the holes in over a week. VERY BAD and ruining my hard work and plans for a killer banana canopy following a sidewalk in the back yard.

I've been doing some research and found that gypsum or liquid gypsum is being used for this type of scenario to break down the clay enough for proper/better drainage.

I know to do the test with putting some of the clay-ish soil in in a mason jar with clean water to see if it clouds up after 24 hours but I was curious to see if any of you have had this scenario or used gypsum.

Thanks!!

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Island Brah Find me on the map! Zone: 7b & 8a Border Name: Island Brah Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 190 BananaBucks : 66,191 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 555 Times Was Thanked 345 Times in 117 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 27 Times	Gypsum Does any of you have any experience using gypsum or liquid gypsum in clay soil? I live just northeast of Atlanta. I made a newly tilled flower bed and want to plant some Basjoos and elephant ears but the soil has really bad drainage. I dug a few nice size holes to fit some existing Basjoos and the soil was very muddy and full of chalky rock. It made me think to fill the holes with water before transplanting and the water literally hasn't drained out of the holes in over a week. VERY BAD and ruining my hard work and plans for a killer banana canopy following a sidewalk in the back yard. I've been doing some research and found that gypsum or liquid gypsum is being used for this type of scenario to break down the clay enough for proper/better drainage. I know to do the test with putting some of the clay-ish soil in in a mason jar with clean water to see if it clouds up after 24 hours but I was curious to see if any of you have had this scenario or used gypsum. Thanks!! __________________ Growing: Basjoo, Blue Java (The Real One), FHIA-01 American Goldfinger, Manzano, Tall Orinoco, Raja Puri (USDA TARS), Veinte Cohol (USDA TARS), Patupi, & SH-3640 High Noon (USDA TARS)