Planting in clay

Anyone else do it? I hardly ammended my soil last year, planted in heavy clay, and still got a good harvest, good enough for me anyway, roughly 4 zips a plant.... Does anyone else plant in clay? Seems the clay has loads of minerals. If I Can get a Decent harvest with clay, Why kill my back and put myself at more of a risk hauling new soil to replace the clay? So Ill ask again, who else plants in clay?

Depending on the composition of they clay, you can do well growing with it. I`ve seen grows that did just fine.

I've scattered some leftover seeds in clay-ish soil, but it was always bad. Probably because of low PH. It doesn't seem to be agood idea for me. Tho, if you can find clay with good ph and give er some nutes, it could do well. But around my place, the ph is off, like under 6

They can drown pretty easily due to poor drainage. I lived on pure clay for 10+ years and we'd dig the hole and fillit with water and if it didn't drain by morning it was a no go.

try mixing a bit of brown to black top soil with your existing clay, im sure your harvest/yeild will go up! well worth the work!

granular gypsum and green sand will help to loosen up the soil and give better drainage, recomend at least adding a little soil or perlite mix to help the root system along. type A soil is a very big pain to grow anything in.

Yes, Gypsum can help with porosity/drainage but has to be considered a long-term solution as it can take months or even years depending on the ratios of clay/silt/loam in the soil profile. Other amendments might be needed if the pH is too low, otherwise the macros/micros can be tied up. A soil sample taken to your county extension agent (in a effort to grow "tomatoes") can be very helpful as well.

Compost is the means for unlocking all those wonderful nutes in clay, and it takes time...I amend during the Fall/Winter months and then use compost as mulch after planting.