Enter the soil pyramid chart, also
known as the soil texture triangle or,
by some, as the tertiary soil diagram.
Knowing it by any of those terms
will not get you a date on a Friday
night, but the chart will help you to
figure out what you are working with
in your garden. The ubiquitous soil
devised by agronomists and soil scientists
pyramid chart is a tool devised by
and used around the world to identify
agronomists and soil scientists and
soils by their constituent parts.”
used around the world to classify
soils by their constituent parts. Soil
health, when viewed holistically, is
at the intersection of its biological components, such as the living
or organic matter in it; the chemical components, which refer to the
nutrients within the soil; and the physical properties of the soil,
which refer to the particles. The soil pyramid chart helps to identify
soil types by using the physical properties.
Sand particles are larger than silt particles, which are larger than
clay particles. Colloidal particles are those suspended in water, and
they are even smaller than clay particles. The relative percentages of
clay, sand, and silt in tandem reveal a soil texture on the chart. Soils
may be sand, loamy sand, sandy loam, sandy clay loam, loam, silty
loam, silt, silty clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, silty clay, or clay.
HE UBIQUITOUS SOIL
“ T PYRAMID
CHART IS A TOOL
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