Q: I’ve read that adding Gypsum improves soil structure and is a “must add soil amendment” when preparing garden beds for planting. Is gypsum something I should be adding to my soil? A: Gypsum is a ...

Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral that has been used in the United States since Benjamin Franklin first applied ground raw gypsum, called land plaster, on his soils. Today, as Franklin did then, ...

Q: We’ve been in our new house for our second spring. It has been very difficult getting fescue to grow from seed, so we’re considering Bermuda sod. A friend suggested putting gypsum down with the ...

It’s easy to become frustrated with compacted, clay soils and look for a solution to loosen the soil to improve its workability and drainage. Gypsum is advertised as an amendment that will break up or ...

Being a county Extension agent, I receive numerous questions throughout the year about improving soils. Many of the questions revolve around old wives tales and myths that have been told over many ...

About this time of year the battle with the fall leaves begins. The muted colors are beautiful while dangling in the branches of trees. Next, leaves become a sticky, slippery nuisance on the sidewalks ...

I spent last weekend in our nation’s capital celebrating Independence Day by visiting historic places of significance to our country. As I walked through the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History with ...

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A field experiment was conducted for 2 years on an alkaline calcareous seleniferous soil to study the effect of different levels of gypsum (0.2 - 3.2 t ha⁻¹) applied to wheat only in the first year on ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The vegetation on gypsum outcrops in the eastern Mojave Desert, USA, is characterized by the presence of a suite of gypsophile endemic species ...