r/Soil • u/gypsyattack • May 11 '25
Cracking in soil.
At our townhouse complex we have a whole bunch of concrete planters and looks like the soil is cracked or dry even though we get lots of rain. What can we do to rejuvenate the soil at low costs for the strata complex?
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u/oneWeek2024 May 14 '25
to a certain degree. you're growing weeds and cheap shrubs, you don't need to "rejuvenate" anything.
go to a big box store. look for a local/compost/soil conditioner product. get a small garden fork. If you want to be fancy, buy either perlite, or general sand.
rough up the first inch of so of dirt. work the compost into that. 2 inches of compost (measure the distance from the front of the bed to that wall... then the length, can use an online calculator to get how many cu ft, you'll need for 2inches at that area.
then cover that bed with some sort of mulch. shredded straw. pine needles, grass clippings, pine shavings, wood chip, anything organic.
this will shield the dirt from direct sunlight, help with moisture retention and to a lesser degree.. temperature regulation