Almost any soil can be improved with the incorporation of organic matter. Heavy clay and silty soils will benefit from vegetable and manure compost, chopped hardwood or pine bark, leaf mould and small amounts of pea gravel. Excessively sandy soils will benefit from composted organic materials, peat moss and humus. Do not amend clay soils with large amounts of sand, as this will inhibit drainage even further and may turn your grape garden into a brickyard. Avoid enriching the soil with high nitrogen supplements, which may lead to healthy green grapevines at the expense of fruit production.
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