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Bubba Presley

Muddy Waters

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/Diary/DiaryViewOne.asp?eid=197254

If you dig a pit in clay based soil to lay cables.You may just build a swimming pool to hold water in a wet season.This is what I did last year to avoid this issue.Digging a pit isnt necessary.I know Joe Platte doesnt dig pits.This year I think I will lay my cables maybe 4-5 inches below surface and then mound up another 4-5 inches of soil.This way if we have a wet year,my stump is high & dry.

4/2/2014 6:45:28 AM

shazzy

Joliet, IL

Also before you lay your cables in use a broadfork, deepspader, or a pitchfork to fracture subsoil thoroughly for better drainage all season.

4/2/2014 8:52:37 AM

VTSteve

South Hero, VT

Great advice, guys. My subsoil is only 10 inches down from the surface. I need to do a double dig/broadfork in my planting pits this year and broadfork the rest of the patch frequently to help drainage. Fortunately, my patch is inclined so my neighbor gets the excess moisture.

Hee, Hee.

4/2/2014 11:33:17 AM

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