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Poor Soil:
THE BETTER the quality of the soil in your garden, the better your plants will grow. If your soil is poor and infertile you will have to improve it. But first, since soils vary hugely in texture, structure and quality,
begin by working out what type of soil you have in the garden.The statement above is meant to be encouraging, but it is only fair to warn that to turn a really difficult, infertile soil into good topsoil takes labor, time and cash. The amount of money needed is roughly inversely proportionate to the length of time you are prepared to wait and the amount of work you are willing to do. With time and labor you can cut expenditures in dollars and cents to a minimum; if you must have immediate results be prepared to dig pretty deeply into your bank account. On a minimum budget it will take two years to greatly improve a really poor soil. A full year will be needed to bring a moderately poor soil to a satisfactory condition.
Some heavy soils benefit from treating with synthetic soil conditioners such as Krillium, but worth while results are not always obtained. Krillium is not a fertilizer. Improvement from its use comes from its ability to "glue" together extremely fine soil particles into larger granules. When this occurs the soil behaves like coarser soil. It permits the passage of air and water and is less likely to become pasty and excessively sticky from walking on it. The manufacturers recommend that for garden use these conditioners be applied after the soil has been brought to a granulated, friable condition suitable for sowing grass seed, not to unimproved sticky clays and other soils in poor condition.
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