Dress your soil for summer!

 

It’s summertime, and your plants are already in the ground. So how do you continue to improve your soil? You can add soil amendments to the top of your entire garden or you can add them around the base of your plants. You have probably heard the term top dressing or side dressing. Top dressing or side dressing gives your soil that extra boost it needs to maintain healthy plants. It increases organic matter in the soil, helps improve it’s ability to hold water and oxygen, improves it’s texture and adjusts it’s pH.

 

Here are some tips for improving your soil this summer:

First and foremost, use a soil test kit to test your soil for deficiencies and pH.

 

Add a layer of organic compost to your soil to increase the organic matter in your soil.

Side dressing  Minerals Plus or Garden-Ville Greensand to add vital minerals to your soil.

 

Mix Gro-Bric with ALL of your soil amendments (compost, mulch, minerals etc.) to improve oxygen and water capacity, stimulate root growth and increase beneficial microorganisms in your soil.

 

Finally, mulch around all of your plants to help break down the amendments that you have added and to help preserve a healthy water supply.