TITLE

How to handle hard pan

AUTHOR(S)

Long, Cheryl

PUB. DATE

April 1996

SOURCE

Organic Gardening (08973792);Apr96, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p19

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on a study at Alabama's Auburn University which reveals that tiller use by gardeners on sandy topsoils that sit just above finer textured subsoil can cause a `hard pan' problem. Nature of a hard pan; Effects of hard pan on the growth of roots; Inhibition of drainage during wet weather; Solutions to the problem.

ACCESSION #

9603205429

 

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