r/Soil • u/kennyrogersmom • 4d ago

Soil jar test. What kind of soil do I have ?

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Been about 30 minutes.

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u/exodusofficer 4d ago

You've got a hydrometer and are just trolling, right? I see the reference thermometer so I assume you're using Stokes' Law.

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u/kennyrogersmom 4d ago

Yes, lol. ASTM D422, Type 151H.

These will classify as silty clays. Running hydrometers alongside atterbergs today and thought I’d make a silly post.

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u/willdoc 4d ago

Thirty minutes? You waited too long. You can only tell at exactly 15.3 minutes and you do it by drinking the forbidden chocolate milk water. /s

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u/kennyrogersmom 4d ago

I always jokingly tell my coworkers I’ll give them $20 to chug it.

I wonder if the small amount sodium hexametaphosphate used as the dispersing solution would be harmful to consume…

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u/aquisalid 4d ago

Pre colonoscopy clean out?

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u/daisiesarepretty2 4d ago

no it’s in toothpaste and other foods

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u/kennyrogersmom 4d ago

and it’s only like 5 grams. 100% convincing a coworker to drink it now 😂

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u/daisiesarepretty2 4d ago

maybe with one of those dry sugar cookies?

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u/bogeuh 4d ago

I’d drink it if the reward is good enough.

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u/jdrawr 3d ago

Is 5 grams even enough to run the method properly I thought it was 40g?

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u/kennyrogersmom 3d ago

40 g per 1000mL, and you only need 125 mL of that so I think it is about 5 g.

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u/jdrawr 3d ago

It is fun to compare the various mud waters, especially the Guinness and chocolate milk looking ones.

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u/todaysthrowaway0110 4d ago

Don’t keep us ⭐️suspended! I’m really “stoked” to find out!⭐️. I need to know that kind of soil is the forbidden ice coffee?

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u/ClickyClacker 4d ago

Clay and silt ya lucky buck. The best soil

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u/jdrawr 3d ago

Silty clay loan feels the best. Clay is definitely a good one to throw at someone but not dig through.

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u/ClickyClacker 3d ago

You live in a day of the "automatic gasoline assisted plow"

Imbrase a bit of modern tech, clays great.

Gimme that covalent exchange capacity

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u/cannarchista 3d ago

*Cation exchange capacity! Definitely not covalent. Ions not electrons!

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u/ClickyClacker 3d ago

Lol, ya you right. This is what happens when you two biggest hobbies are gardening and electricity

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u/jdrawr 3d ago

Try doing soil samples in it where you aren't able to use that technology for your sampling.

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u/ClickyClacker 3d ago

I only recently moved into my forever home, which is very literally 75% sand. But previously I lived in a place that had clay so thick I could make pottery. I actually had several successful homemade clay pots.

My best assistant was the hoola hoe. Get the ground dry and hard, scrape, then water hard with fertilizer.

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u/Verycuriousthings 3d ago

Actual question, why is clay soil good? My soil is very clay heavy and i sometimes struggle getting things to grow well, my berry bushes are feequently fighting disease and im always thinking more loose aerated soil would be nicer.

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u/Negative_Bortis 4d ago

Man last time i did a test like this i was in college about 7 years a go ;0