When it comes to soil, three things will influence what you can grow and if it will flourish: type (structure), pH and health. There are four main soil types: clay, chalk, sand and loam.

(Scurfing, or mixing, the two edges ensures that water will drain from one type of soil into the other). Fourth geeky term: Compaction. It’s the No. 1 problem in urban soils, compressing pore ...

The activity of these organisms, the type of rock particles, the volume of organic matter, and the proportion of air and water all combine to create hundreds of different types of soil.

To understand the behavior of the nanoplastics under different soil conditions, the researchers used two different types of soil: andosol (volcanic soil) and fine sand. "Both andosol and fine sand ...

On AgweekTV, we look at the importance of knowing what type of soil you have. South Dakota has around 750 different types of soils. Producers who know their soil types are better able to determine ...