Loamy Soil. If there’s any near-perfect soil type, it’s loam, which is a fairly balanced blend of clay, sand, and silt. Loamy soil drains well and is high in nutrients.

That makes sandy soils loamy and helps them retain moisture and nutrients and improves drainage in clay soils where water pools instead of percolating into the ground.

Most of our Florida soils are sand, sandy loam or loamy sand.They are well-drained soils, but the downside of sandy soils is that they contain very little organic matter and don't hold moisture ...

Loam soil is a mineral mixture of clay, sand, and silt. In the right proportions, loam is the ideal medium for growing plants. Its mineral content makes up less than half of the soil, while the ...

Q. We have a small garden here but the soil is sandy and we have to build it up. My question is will oak leaves help? We also plant rye in the fall and work that down in the spring. Milt and Elsie ...

The ideal soil is not one that is predominantly sand, silt, or clay, but one that has all these particles in amounts that let each express itself. The result is a range of pore sizes, some to hold ...

Generally soil can be classified into three groups - clay, loam and sand. To determine your soil type, just dig down about 10 centimetres and grab a handful of soil. Squeeze it into a ball.