“Nothing changes the nature of heavy soil quite like Gypsum“
Recycled Gypsum for Agriculture
PAS109 Recycled Gypsum (Calcium Sulphate) is a soil conditioner often used to improve the soil structure of heavy clay and sodic soils.
Typically containing 25% CaO and 20%So3
Available for delivery throughout England and Wales in artic loads.
Spreading of gypsum can be done with lime spreaders or muck spreaders with spinning discs.
Low risk waste position does not require a deployment.
Benefits of Gypsum
- Improves soil structure & tilth. Creates friable soils and builds deeper topsoil
- Improves Drainage
- reduces compaction caused by heavy machinery
- Conditioned soil allows for deeper, healthier root development and water penetration
- Corrects Calcium/Magnesium ratios in high magnesium soils (ideal 6:1)
- Discourages skin fungal diseases on root crops
- Breaks up clay and reflocculates sodic soils
- Supplies highly soluble calcium and sulphur in a form readily available to plants