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  2. This Low-Maintenance Shrub Will Fill Your Fall And Winter ...

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    A mixture of equal parts coarse sand, finely shredded pine bark, and oak leaf mold also works well. Container-grown camellias perform best with morning sun and afternoon shade or filtered light ...

  3. Hydrophobic soil - Wikipedia

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    Although it mainly appears in coarse-textured soils such as sand-dominated soils, it affects soils of all different soil types and has been reported in forests, pastures, agricultural plots, and shrublands. [6] Generally, the degree of hydrophobicity is more severe in the soils of legume-grass pastures compared to cultivated agricultural fields ...

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    A mixture of equal parts coarse sand, finely shredded pine bark, and oak leaf mold also works well. Repot cryptomeria every two to three years into larger containers and fresh soil.

  5. Loam - Wikipedia

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    Soil types by clay, silt and sand composition as used by the United States Department of Agriculture. Loam (in geology and soil science) is soil composed mostly of sand (particle size > 63 micrometres (0.0025 in)), silt (particle size > 2 micrometres (7.9 × 10 −5 in)), and a smaller amount of clay (particle size < 2 micrometres (7.9 × 10 −5 in)).

  6. Physical properties of soil - Wikipedia

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    Very coarse or very thick: >10 mm platy, granular; >50 mm blocky; >100 mm prismlike. Grades: Is a measure of the degree of development or cementation within the peds that results in their strength and stability. Weak: Weak cementation allows peds to fall apart into the three textural constituents, sand, silt and clay.

  7. Unified Soil Classification System - Wikipedia

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    > 50% of coarse fraction retained on No.4 (4.75 mm) sieve clean gravel <5% smaller than No.200 Sieve GW well-graded gravel, fine to coarse gravel GP poorly graded gravel gravel with >12% fines GM silty gravel GC clayey gravel sand ≥ 50% of coarse fraction passes No.4 (4.75 mm) sieve clean sand SW well-graded sand, fine to coarse sand SP

  8. Sand - Wikipedia

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    Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles. Sand has various compositions but is defined by its grain size. Sand grains are smaller than gravel and coarser than silt. Sand can also refer to a textural class of soil or soil type; i.e., a soil containing more than 85 percent sand-sized particles by mass. [2]

  9. Quicksand - Wikipedia

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    A group of hikers encountering quicksand on the banks of the Paria River, Utah Quicksand warning sign near Lower King Bridge, Western Australia. Quicksand is a shear thinning non-Newtonian fluid: when undisturbed, it often appears to be solid ("gel" form), but a less than 1% change in the stress on the quicksand will cause a sudden decrease in its viscosity ("sol" form).

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