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<blockquote data-quote="dt995" data-source="post: 7307908" data-attributes="member: 65138"><p>Haven't tested soil in a few years.</p><p></p><p>I've grown all sorts of herbal and "deep rooter" grass seeds, but that's always been for repairing damage rather than redoing an entire field. All the land has been PP for years, so not a ryegrass desert. I don't see any of them rooting down through a foot or two of delicious topsoil into the inert clay beneath, enough to break it up and let the water drain away. That just seems fanciful. The clay goes down forever <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Anyway, it hasn't happened. Perhaps it would if I'd redone a whole field after subsoiling, or something, but that's not an option.</p><p></p><p>I'm not sure that deep-rooted wouldn't just suffer with root drowning. I can't see there being much oxygen throughout the saturated soil.</p><p></p><p>The few places we have which are dry are small areas where the water can run away and there isn't a whole hill above draining into it. I can't regrade the land though, and it's very bumpy and dippy and sloping in all sorts of directions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dt995, post: 7307908, member: 65138"] Haven't tested soil in a few years. I've grown all sorts of herbal and "deep rooter" grass seeds, but that's always been for repairing damage rather than redoing an entire field. All the land has been PP for years, so not a ryegrass desert. I don't see any of them rooting down through a foot or two of delicious topsoil into the inert clay beneath, enough to break it up and let the water drain away. That just seems fanciful. The clay goes down forever :) Anyway, it hasn't happened. Perhaps it would if I'd redone a whole field after subsoiling, or something, but that's not an option. I'm not sure that deep-rooted wouldn't just suffer with root drowning. I can't see there being much oxygen throughout the saturated soil. The few places we have which are dry are small areas where the water can run away and there isn't a whole hill above draining into it. I can't regrade the land though, and it's very bumpy and dippy and sloping in all sorts of directions. [/QUOTE]
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