Comments on: L is for Loam, Love Great Silt Loam Soils https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/ Style, home & on the farm Sat, 01 Feb 2020 04:35:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Janice Person https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-794 Tue, 17 May 2016 23:58:56 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-794 In reply to Anonymous.

Clay tends to hold water best from my understanding.

]]> By: Anonymous https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-793 Tue, 17 May 2016 21:46:59 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-793 In reply to Janice Person.

What kind of soil particle has the highest water holding propertie?

]]> By: Quora https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-792 Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:47:38 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-792 Why is black soil suitable for growing cotton? Can cotton only be grown in black soil?

The soils used for cotton can vary. In the U.S., the prime soils for growing cotton are a light brown color and are called silt loam. This blog post I wrote some time ago may be helpful https://janiceperson.com/agriculture/ag-awareness/importance-of-soi…

]]> By: St. Louis A to Z: Laclede, Lewis & Clark and Lemp Mansion https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-791 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 20:46:28 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-791 […] This year I am doing a St. Louis A to Z — would love to know what you think I should be writing about! You can also check out last year’s A to Z of Agriculture and the L post which was on loam soils! […]

]]> By: Young Cotton Plants & 2014 Cotton Planting Progress to Date https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-790 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:35:42 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-790 […] off the highway near Steele, Missouri. The Bootheel has a great history in cotton and some really good loamy soils that were lighter than the field I stopped in earlier. You can see the field has been draining […]

]]> By: Lessons Learned Through My Blogging Challenge, an A to Z on Ag https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-789 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:57:32 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-789 […] L is for Loam […]

]]> By: A is for Agriculture -- An A to Z Series about Agriculture https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-788 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 00:12:59 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-788 […] F is for Farmer G is for GMO H is for Hay I is for Irrigation J is for Juggling K is for Kale L is for Loam M is for Moo N is for Nutrients O is for Olives P is for Prairie Q is for Quality R is for Reading […]

]]> By: Janice Person https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-787 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:49:53 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-787 In reply to Crystal Collier.

Thank you for stopping by! Really sandy soils are tough… there are some native grasses and all that do well in sandy soils… things that don’t really need much water. There should be a good nursery or something nearby that could halp you find plants that need less water.

]]> By: Crystal Collier https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-786 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:56:58 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-786 We have the worst soil in Florida! It’s a wonder anything grows in our sand. Seriously, I feel like I live on the beach if I don’t water for a week. –Which wouldn’t necessarily be bad. Maybe I should retire the old lawn for a giant sand box. What do you think?

]]> By: Janice Person https://hundredpercentcotton.com/farm/importance-of-soil-loam/#comment-785 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:06:48 +0000 https://janiceperson.com/?p=18508#comment-785 In reply to Brian.

LOL! Too funny! You pulled out a bunch of things there seemingly out of thin air! Since I never took classes, I don’t have that background but I did work for a guy who had a PhD in soil & water relations a few years ago… I should have tapped into him on this and the irrigation post!

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