Texture
Texture is the skeleton you were given. Management only changes structure.
- Texture。
- Texture is the skeleton you were given. Management only changes structure.。
- A handful: grit is sand, a ribbon is clay, in between is loam. Texture does not change.。
- A handful: grit is sand, a ribbon is clay, in between is loam. Texture does not change.。
How it appears on the sheet
A handful: grit is sand, a ribbon is clay, in between is loam. Texture does not change.
A sketch. Do not fertilise from the picture alone.Common units
Sand / loam / clay, or a texture-triangle name — not a kg figure.
How to read the number
A handful: grit is sand, a ribbon is clay, in between is loam. Texture does not change. River sand and dunes are sand; lake clay and old red earth often clay. Texture decides leak or waterlog Easy to mix up: Aggregation is structure; texture is the particles. Sand can still crumb Texture is the skeleton you were given. Management only changes structure.。
Thresholds only, not a prescription. Rates live in the field guide. This page does not hand you a bag count.
What it looks like in the field
A handful: grit is sand, a ribbon is clay, in between is loam. Texture does not change.
Don’t do this
- Trying to turn sand into loam with fertiliser.
- Rotavating wet clay until it smears.
- Aggregation is structure; texture is the particles. Sand can still crumb.