Loam is a combination of sand, silt, and clay—the three sizes of soil particles from largest to smallest. While there is a good bit of variability, ideal proportions for most garden plants are ...

CEC in Soil groups Examples meg/100g----- Light colored sands Plainfield 3-5 Bloomfield Dark colored sands Maumee 10-20 Gilford Light colored loams and Clermont-Miami 10-20 silt loams Miami Dark ...

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 ...