You can grow most fruits and vegetables in silty soil, like various lettuces, onions, peas, cucumbers, and any Brassica vegetables. Loamy or loam soil is a combination of the three soils above; sand, ...

Silt soils feel soft and smooth, almost flour-like, when you rub it between your thumb and fingers. It will not form a ribbon ...

Earthworm populations were counted after 10 years of tillage plot history on a dark, poorly-drained silty clay loam soil near West Lafayette (Table 1). Very few worms were found in the continuous corn ...

All CAUV soils increased from a low of 77.01% (previous value $1,870 to a new value of $3,310) on the soil of Euclid Silt ...

The ideal soil for most plants is loam, which has a balance of sand, silt, and clay. Loam is also rich in an organic matter called humus. Dark and loose but not too loose, humus is composed of ...

Significant problems are showing up on medium-textured soils, such as silt loam--a texture, found throughout most of the state. Observations in central Indiana indicate that the somewhat poorly ...

they found the weather and local geology had combined this organic mulch with sand and silt to form a nutrient-rich type of soil called loam. It gave Iowa one of the most fertile soils on the ...

Chris Pellow in the last maize paddock to be harvested this season. Photo / Catherine Fry There has been a member of the Pellow family at the helm of the home farm in Onewhero since 1900, and each ...

Lively: Describes wines that are fresh and fruity, bright and vivacious. Loam: A soil containing a mix of clay, silt and sand. The term "loamy" describes a wine with a pleasant earthiness, especially ...