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My moon is in Silty Loam but my Sun sign is Clay. (lemmy.world)
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[-] The_v@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

It makes more sense if you use it as intended. It's designed to be a simple way for farmers/gardeners to classify the basic soil composition by particle size.

Take a cup of dirt, put it in a mason jar, fill it full of water, put a lid on tight and shake the hell out of it. Come back in 3-4 days and measure the layers.

This comes in helpful in applying pesticides and basic water management. It's pretty much pointless for anything else.

[-] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 7 months ago

I'm going to try this with some dirt and see if I can identify what the dirt is made of that easily or not.

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