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Originally Posted by mattdavis11
I'd start tomatoes out in pots. That way you can move them to warmer temps if need be, and transplant whenever. I don't think we've seen the last freeze. Murphy's law.
Never dealt with planting in clay, but I don't think it would work well. The best fertilizer I have ever used was donkey doo tilled into the soil, had a bumper crop that year. Call Neil Sperry, I think his show is on tomorrow, KRLD 1080 in the am, he'll know for sure.
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what he said, use relatively big pots if you can
You can do composting areas to break up that clay soil a bit. Lawn clippings and some type of manure, cover with black plastic and let it percolate, toss in coffee grounds, egg shells, orange peels, water melon rind, whatever your kitchen produces if you like. Stir it once a week with a pitchfork or something, water it down and cover with black tarp. Sand will help too for drainage, there are even products on the market specificlly for this.
My Father in Law always did raised beds for his garden to get around the crappy drainage in the soil, but he had a dump truck full of topsoil back there.