Thursday, 27 February 2014

Practical 1: Soil Composition

Soil composition

Loamy soil is made up of a mixture of different types of soil particles. It may be important for some farmers to and gardeners to know the exact percentage composition of each of these particles in a sample of soil.


This is a picture of the soil composition after a few days left to still.

Our results
Sand layer thickness: 1.9 cm
Clay layer thickness: 0.21cm
Silt layer thickness: 0.11cm

Conclusion
The composition of the soil is fairly widely spread out and there is a clear layer of silt that lyes above the clay.

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