9 November Clay and Loam Soil vs. Loam Soil November 9, 2016 By Greenhouse Ambassador Ambassadors, Experiments, Soil basil, clay, loam, soil 0 For our experiment, we had 4 rows of basil plants in two different trays. Tray 1 had soil that was made up of 50% loam and 50% clay and tray 2 had soil that was made up of 100% loam. In the tray that contained clay and loam, the plants started out growing well and we thought that was happening because the clay retained nutrients well. In tray 2, which was 100% loam, the plants also started out growing well as was expected, because loam is traditionally the best soil to use for growing plants. To our surprise, the plants in tray 1, which was the tray with half clay and half loam, grew very fast. After two weeks or so, the plants were at a height around 22 cm and were looking great! Unfortunately though, the clay eventually dried out and after a long 4 day weekend of not being watered, the plants died out. As the plants died out, the soil became really dry and looked like concrete. In the other tray that was 100% loam, the plants grew gradually and were nice and tall over the 8 week experiment. They eventually reached a height around 20 cm and proved that soil that was 100% loam is truly the safer and better call. If you are going to do any gardening, Mullanphy school suggests using loam! Related Posts Sandy-Loam VS Miracle-Grow, Basil Conquers All Comparing/ contrasting two types of soil. (Miracle Grow and Sandy-Loam) We saw that Sandy-Loam was decent. Miracle Grow dried out too quickly. --- So this is only a small portion on the soils. there are many types of soil in this expirment. the types are sandy loam, clay sand and loam, compost and clay,and clay loam and compost. along with the maricel grow which in this case is the control. now that you ,the reader, know what the soils are no it is time to explain how well they grew plants.sandy loam was the best in this case. next up was compost and clay third was loam and clay and finally was sand loam and clay. The Super Basils These are 5 tips on how to grow yummy basil plants. EcoBattle Two trays, one gravel and one soil; which tray has the best plants? Which tray will be the champion? To find out read more. Rainbow Plants How tall will they grow, what is the difference in height, are some of the questions we have about plants grown in store bought soil, and in the gravel of our aquaponics system. Lettuce tell you about last week Last week we learned about a couple of things. The Marvelous Adventures of the Green Thumb Ambassadors How the plants grow in different climates, soil, and wind. Comments are closed.