while digging over the soil in a bed i found just below the surface white chaky clumps of soil is this anything to worry about

know not as such plants naturaly grow round things like stones,flint chalk etc thow it will probably mean you have a soil more suited to some plants more than others . i am know expert bev but im sure there will be one along shortly x .

Is this something new since the last time you dug up this bed, Bev? Or is the first digging for this bed?

Hi Bev, I used to have the same problem where I used to live, I had neutral clay soil with lumps of chalk about the size of an egg dotted through it. It didn't alter the neutral ph balance. It was not an uncommon problem in the area. And unless there was intensive agricultural ploughing, the lumps would not breakdown. My plants didn't suffer, so I didn't worry about it.

that is what i thaught 2ndhand .