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Originally Posted by creister
If you can plant a fall cover crop, I have read that daikon radish is a good one to use because of its very long tap root that helps break up hardpan and bring nutrients up to the soil above the hardpan.
I think I also read that buckwheat does much of the same.
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And both together do even more. 
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Scott
AKA The Redbaron
"Permaculture is a philosophy of working with, rather than against nature; of protracted & thoughtful observation rather than protracted & thoughtless labour; & of looking at plants & animals in all their functions, rather than treating any area as a single-product system."
Bill Mollison
co-founder of permaculture
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