Talk:Loam
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[edit]Compacted soil intended for cultivation can be made more loamy by turning under organic material such as manure, compost, or previous crops when the ground is prepared for the next growing season; it is not necessary to add sand as it will find its own way in as the organic materials decay. This enrichment process must be repeated every year until the aeration and nutrient qualities of the soil are permanently improved.
- Loam describes the relative proportion of different sized mineral elements. No amount of organic matter changes the loaminess of loam, but organic matter, compaction, and aeration can change other soil properties. Daniel Collins 23:40, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Soil composition picture request
[edit]{{Image requested|geology}} like It's a diagram showing composition. We'd have to modify it a bit I guess since the original is on a copyrighted page. (Lisa4edit) 76.97.245.5 (talk) 18:52, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
- The suitable image was added to Soil. IveGoneAway (talk) 11:08, 26 April 2016 (UTC)
- I've added one that I found on Wiktionary. Jimp 09:21, 2 November 2016 (UTC)
To "See also": Medicinal clay (healing clay, healing earth), Mud therapy). Rammed earth.
[edit]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_clay (see also Armenian_bole, Emanuel_Felke, Adolf_Just)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_therapy (redirects to Mud_bath), (bath with peat (turf) is an other, similar, therapy).
Rammed earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rammed_earth
--Visionhelp (talk) 15:37, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
Two meanings of loam
[edit]There are actually two meanings of "loam". In most dictionaries, the first definition is soil with lots of humus (organic matter), and the secondary definition (for geology/soil science) is the one used here, defined as a balance of sand, silt, and clay (no mention of organic matter). This should be stated up front, to avoid confusing gardeners (and sone farmers) who know primarily the first definition. In fact, I think that the last section on construction actually refers to this first definition, not the second.
Mukogodo (talk) 17:11, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
- Clay to me first (to understand) is loam. For ceramics, bricks, and what else.
- For construction adds are used: as straw, hemp, reed, grasses, bamboo, char-coal, and what else, depending of the purpose.)
- "manure, compost, or previous crops" is (belongs to) the topic Soil_improvement
- Dictionaries are not the wisdom´s last finish.
- --Visionhelp (talk) 21:21, 30 July 2021 (UTC)
Clarity of the Definition of Loam
[edit]Due to the complexity of the Leading explanation of Loam in this article, is it possible to refine the overall definition in order to make it more readable for readers who aren't looking for the chemical balance of the material?FollowerOfChrist2025 (talk) 02:08, 15 October 2025 (UTC)