How Do You Know the Correct Time to Till your Garden Soil?
Do the Tennis Ball Test. Dig down in your garden about 4-6” and pack the soil into a tennis ball. Then drop the ball onto the ground. If it breaks apart easily into small pieces, the soil is dry enough to till.
Kurt Lazone – Purdue ANR Extension Educator – Parke County
Last Updated: May 25, 2022 by Valerie Jasper
Gardening Tip
How Do You Know the Correct Time to Till your Garden Soil?
Do the Tennis Ball Test. Dig down in your garden about 4-6” and pack the soil into a tennis ball. Then drop the ball onto the ground. If it breaks apart easily into small pieces, the soil is dry enough to till.
Kurt Lazone – Purdue ANR Extension Educator – Parke County
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