clay loam
Balanced planting medium
Clay loam is soil containing roughly equal parts clay, silt, and sand, with clay predominating enough to make it sticky when wet and hard when dry.
It retains moisture and nutrients well, making it fertile for agriculture, though it can be difficult to work: The clay loam in this field needs amending with organic matter.
- sandFine rock particles
- humusDecayed organic soil matter
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- porosityVoid space density
texture · permeability · soil amendment · potting mix · garden soil · raised bed · drainage · water retention · topsoil · friable · crop rotation · growing season · subsoil · workability · turning soil · erosion control · plasticity · soil structure
soil texture/composition
clay loamsandy soil
Coarse, granular earth
coarse sand · sandy loam · gravel · fine sand · peat