“But we found that really it’s the texture of the soil — which varies on a scale of very sandy coarse particles to very tiny fine muddy particles — determines almost entirely the effects of ...

Nadia Glæsner, who conducted the study, said, "This highlights the importance of soil texture when evaluating ... but the effect was not seen on coarse-textured soils." ...

Figure 3 illustrates how the magnitude of PAW changes with soil texture. Coarse textured soils (sands and loamy sands) have low PAW because the pore size distribution consists mainly of large ...

Either way, adding organic matter such as compost as well as an organic, slow-release fertilizer will improve soil texture and productivity ... also love coarse soil and dry conditions.