What to plant after digging up spuds

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  1. Scrungee

    Scrungee Well known for it

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    If you've got heavy clay soil, had a summer drought, hot weather and no water at the plot the answer is literally sod all as it's now impossible to cultivate:

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    • Phil A

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      Aww Scrunge :sad:

      I'll send some of this rain up your way, mind you, even after the downpour i've still got big cracks in the clay.
       
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      I'm not sure if that bed will be usable this year as those boulders are up to 450mm across and like rock armour.
       
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      I reckon it will break up if you tread it just as its drying after a good downpour?

      Might be best left open for the winter to have a crack at it, but otherwise how about a green manure over winter? Something with fibrous roots is suppose to break up clay I think (from memory) and Field Beans springs to mind (same dodgy memory though!)
       
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