Clay loam has more clay in it." Soil needs to be able to hold some water, he added, but not so much that plant roots can't breathe. A loam achieves that balance.

Loam soil is a type of soil that is a mixture of sand, silt, and clay. Loam soil holds nutrients and has a texture that retains water long enough for plant roots to access it, yet it drains well.

LAST WEEK'S column provided a recipe for testing your garden soil's texture and discussed the management of sandy soils. This week, I'll focus on the management of clay, silt and loam soils and ...

If it has more clay than a good loam should have, it would be a clay loam soil. It is not a bad soil. In fact, most people would love to improve their soil so that it is a clay loam.

“The texture of a soil is its proportion of sand, silt and clay,” said James Cassidy, a soils instructor at Oregon State University. “Texture determines all kinds of things like drainage ...

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, ...