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what kind of soil holds the most water retention


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Speculaas offline Verified User (5 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 2 #
An Undisclosed Location | 5 years, 5 months ago (7 hours, 12 minutes after post)

Peat can hold huge amounts of water.

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alanah. offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 10 months ago (1 year, 7 months after post)

hi guys we are doing a project on soil and we dont now which soil holds the most water.

Can You please tell me

thanks
alanah martin

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schelu offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 years, 6 months ago (1 year, 11 months after post)

Probably clay soil

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villarrealalicia2 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 3 years ago (2 years, 4 months after post)

probably *poting soil*.. :)

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Night2 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 1 month ago (3 years, 4 months after post)

does clay or peat hold the most water

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monicajv_peralt offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 10 months ago (3 years, 7 months after post)

CLAY…
Clays hold the most water at field capacity, while sands hold the least.

However, field capacity is affected strongly by soil structure. The amount of aggregation in the soil determines the amount of small pores available to hold water against gravity.

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kennysofly2 offline Unverified User #
An Unknown Location | 1 year, 2 months ago (4 years, 2 months after post)

i dont gr

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