whereas those on fine-textured soils (such as clay) are more sensitive to atmospheric drying. Similarly, soil texture controls the hydraulic bottleneck, such that ecosystems on sandy soils are ...

Clay is a challenging growing medium for trees due to compaction and drainage issues. Luckily, some trees can tolerate and ...

When soils become waterlogged, soil organisms take the oxygen they need from nitrates, leaving the nitrogen in a gaseous form which escapes into the air. This is known as denitrification and is the ...

Planting may also be difficult as spades frequently hit lumps of hard chalk or flint Clay soil - this is ... most times of the year Silty soil - is made up of fine grains, originally deposited ...

Q: I am new to red clay and what can be planted directly, with no amendments or with amendments. I have two hellebores in pots. I’d like to find the perfect place to plant these in the ground in my ...

Eluviation is the removal of soil, clay, silt or fine organic matter in suspension from a soil horizon. The iron and aluminium oxides collect in the 'B' horizon where the iron oxides can ...

IN the past few years, some workers 1–3 have described the presence in soils of a vermiculite-like clay mineral with a 14 A. basal reflexion, showing a behaviour intermediate between that of ...