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Very sandy soils, therefore, possess less power of storing water than do soils with more clay or mould in them, such as loams, clays or black soils.
Lessons on Soil E. J. Russell
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Less sandy soils, such as loams, may need an application rate toward the higher end.
unknown title 2009
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It is adaptable and grows in soil types from sandy loams to heavy clays, requiring little to no pruning.
New crop of hybrid plants demonstrate beauty of ingenuity Joel M. Lerner 2011
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The soils are mostly fine sandy loams with clay subsoils that retain water.
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Mollisols are extensive, and the soils are deep, mostly clay loams and sandy clay loams.
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The fine sandy and silty loams are formed from weathered Oligocene and Miocene sandstone (Ogallala and Arikaree Formations, and upper White River Groups).
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It is covered by glacial formations with deposits of deep sands overlying clays and loams, podsols and bog soils above Cretaceous bedrock.
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The soils are predominately fine sandy loams or silt loams; as a result, most of Ecoregion 26b has been tilled to produce cotton, sorghum, and wheat.
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They are varied and complex, highly alkaline to slightly acidic, ranging from deep sands to clays and clay loams.
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Soils are variable among the parallel ridges and valleys, but tend to be acidic, with sands and sandy loams on the uplands and clay to clay loams in low-lying areas.
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