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Are these soil amendments worth adding to a garden?

I need to add sulfur, zinc, calcium, and phosphourus according to my soil sample.Other than that my PH is perfect.I am in zone 7 and have clumpy clay soil that is getting better since I added a lot of leaf compost to it.I am considering Gypsum (heard it works, then again heard it‘s not effective on heavy clay soils)Rock Phosphate (heard it can contain heavy metals)Super Phosphate (heard it wasn‘t considered organic)Bone Meal (seems to be ok, yet it‘s an animal product)Pearlite/VermiculiteOr just maybe garden tone or something like that.18 minutes ago - 4 days left to answer. Additional DetailsI am growing vegetables and I don‘t know if my soil is sodic because they didn‘t provide the salt reading on my 20 dollar soil test!

Answer:

Focus on breaking up the clay into fine pieces and mixing in lots of compost, also some perlite if you have it. Might need to rent equipment to break up the soil.
Pleasant! Get your garden good tilled. Plant when all chance of frost is handed, late April on your discipline. Ask the local extension provider or regional gardeners what sorts work the pleasant to your field, and check out gardening books and gardening websites for extra broad expertise. Sounds like your grandmother would give you one of the excellent solutions.
Not really. Just keep composting

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