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Pea gravel on soil

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  • 18-10-2020 10:17pm
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    delta_bravo
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    Hi,

    Recently moved into a property and trying to tackle the garden.

    The last owner I think had a very nice garden but neglect has led to lots of weeds and wild plants. The garden used to have a layer of pea gravel all over it and there are some shrubs and plants coming up through plus tonnes of weeds.

    While I am weeding the garden I am also making a bit of a mess of this gravel, it's getting into the soil a bit and not as aesthetic as it was.

    Just wondering would it be detrimental to the soil if I was to just use a soil sieve and try get rid of the bulk of the gravel? I have an idea in my head to weed it, do some planting and put down bark mulch. Should I just leave the gravel or remove?


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    SnowyMuckish
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    What size are the gravel chips? Would it be an idea to dig the gravel into the soil to improve drainage which gets rid of it at the same time. I spent a fortune adding horticulture gravel to my soil this year, it could be a blessing in disguise!


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    delta_bravo
    Registered Users Posts: 4,567 ✭✭✭delta_bravo


    SnowyMuckish wrote: »
    What size are the gravel chips? Would it be an idea to dig the gravel into the soil to improve drainage which gets rid of it at the same time. I spent a fortune adding horticulture gravel to my soil this year, it could be a blessing in disguise!

    They're probably about 5mm in size. Yeah I think you're right. I think it's just the garden is bare now after the weeding it just looks bad anyway. Leave them to blend in and mix with the soil


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