When people rave about "nice loam," it's the soil texture to which they are referring, Cassidy said. "Loam means you have roughly equal portions of sand, silt and clay," he said. "If you have ...

Loam soil is a type of soil that is a mixture of sand, silt, and clay. Loam soil holds nutrients and has a texture that retains water long enough for plant roots to access it, yet it drains well.

Sandy loam usually meets these requirements, but its pH level needs to be in the right range for your plants to truly excel at making fruit. Tomatoes will tolerate a pH level as high as 7.0, but ...

Manure runoff depends on soil texture Date: March 29, 2011 Source: American Society of Agronomy ... Loamy sand, a sandy loam, and loam were the three sub soil textures beneath the plow layer.

Soil texture influences the local microbiome which in turns influences crop yield, ... One site had predominantly sandy loam soil, the other had predominately silty loam soil.

Carrots and other root crops need a well-drained soil, categorized as sandy loam or loamy sand on the triangle. These soils are between 50 percent and 90 percent sand.

The enviable sandy loam -- a soil high in sand, but with organic matter and even a little clay -- is somewhere in between. Advertisement. Article continues below this ad.

“The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay,” said James Cassidy, a soils instructor at Oregon State University. “Texture determines all kinds of things like drainage ...