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Texture

Texture is the skeleton you were given. Management only changes structure.

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  1. Texture。
  2. Texture is the skeleton you were given. Management only changes structure.。
  3. A handful: grit is sand, a ribbon is clay, in between is loam. Texture does not change.。
  4. 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.

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