Effective crops on clay soil

What crops and vegatables are best to grow and effective on clay soil ?

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1. Clay soils are usually high in nutrients, but difficult to work. All the Brassicas do well and other plants with more fibrous roots than long tap root in the beginning. If you can leave the organic matter on the surface, then it helps all crops to develop as the rotting organic matter helps to slowly break up the clay and facilitate deep rooted plants establish there. As others have mentioned, attend to drainage. 

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2. In the gulf coast of Texas with very heavy soils (clay) we grow rice. 

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3. Safflower, sorghum, wheat, chickpea, vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, beans, peas, potato, radish

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4. Amongest others; Maiz (Corn). Water Yarm,  Tuber Yarm (white not yellow)  etc.

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5. There is no specific type of crop matching specific type of soil. You can cultivate any crop in any type of soil. The key of success is water management

6. In the Red River Valley of The North (North Dakota/Minnesota) we have very heavy poorly drained soils. With proper water management, you can grow a diverse amount of crops. Wheat, Barley, Soybeans, Corn, sugar beets and Sun flowers are to name a few.

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