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When you are growing vegetables, it is important to know the texture of your soil to know what actions to take to improve your crop yields. Indeed, you do not grow in the same way in clay, silty or sandy soil. Each type of soil has its advantages and disadvantages. In this video, I explain how to easily and for free know the nature of your soil and I quickly give you the main characteristics of each type of soil. ERRATUM: In the video, I make a major semantic error because I wrongly talk about SOIL STRUCTURE when I should have talked about SOIL STRUCTURE. SOIL TEXTURE corresponds to the distribution of the elements that make up the soil. SOIL STRUCTURE corresponds to the way in which the elements that make up the soil are organized with each other. Come on, let's go, heading to the garden... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ RESOURCES ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Texture triangle: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ RELATED VIDEOS ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Conference by Lydia and Claude Bourguignon, given at the COLLOQUIUM CHOOSING THE LIVING at the Athénée Théâtre on April 14, 2018: • 8. Arrange the land so that it gives... Why SOILS will CHANGE OUR LIVES: Marc André Sélosse /Greenletter Club: • Why SOILS will CHANGE OUR LIVES... ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ CHAPTERS OF THIS VIDEO ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 How to easily know the texture of your soil 01:29 Components of soils 02:18 what will you need to implement the jar technique 03:29 Taking the sample 05:33 Preparing the sample 07:57 Taking measurements and calculating percentages 09:35 The texture triangle 11:20 Characteristics of different types of soils 11:54 Clayey soils 13:01 Sandy soils 13:56 Soils silty 14:38 Conclusion of the garden soil (silty) 15:14 To go further 15:49 Conclusion and advice to explore the subject further ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ABOUT THIS VIDEO ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Le Potager en Ville #lepotagerenville #TutoPotager #Permaculture #Potager #JardinPartagé